The universe works in mysterious ways and for me it worked out perfectly. With all respect to everybody else, Aaron Sorkin is and was The West Wing, full stop. There's no West Wing without him.

I wouldn't go back on my old days, though; everybody needs to have their wild years. It's just a question of when and I'd rather have had them early than be doing it as a mid-life crisis type thing.

Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine.

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

I was sick of playing high-school kids. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.

Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.

People have a responsibility, especially with today's media, to read between the lines.

Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.

The world is always in movement.

My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.

She's soft and she's gentle and sweet as can be, and if Sharmon needs squeezin', then leave it to me.

I don't watch the beginnings of many series, I don't know why, maybe because I'm normally working.

I don't like the way my hair looks, so we're going to do the whole show over.

The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.

Like a satellite in orbit, Apple is perpetually falling. It just happens to miss Earth every time.

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

I'd rather be running the game than playing it.

Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.