To be fair to ourselves, in almost every original script, the timing is actually worked out down to the minute.

To create a situation where each new episode has to start in the exact same place as the previous one, with the actors' hair in the exact same place, seemed crazy.

What you have to get used to as a writer is realizing that most of what you come up with is wrong for the show.

I think ultimately what makes the show is not the reality but the drama.

My background is in math and science, and I thrive on complexity, and I think lots of people do. People love puzzles; it's human nature to want to solve puzzles.

You know, it's hard as a writer to lose characters (and actors) you like. You really don't want them to die because you're not going to get to see them anymore.

The rule, I think, is: Do your homework, learn what there is to learn about the real world, and then when you get in the room, forget it all.

Hope is the thread between life and death, As long as hope is alive we take breath.

Do everything in mindfulness so you can really be there, so you can love.

Henry closed his eyes and imagined the sweet petulant woundedness with which she had stared at him on the beach. He felt a little proud that she could love him.

The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others.

Sometimes you succeed and sometimes you don't.

The closet is the best study. The commentators are good instructors, but the Author Himself is far better.

Oh, honey, if he swung batter-batter for my team, I'd be all over that in a heartbeat.

Let me see if I can put this in scientific terms: Think of autism like a fart, and vaccines are the finger you pull to make it happen.

We're not in control but we do have a greater hope and we do have a source of joy that isn't based on our circumstances.

I want a song that raises the hair on the back of my neck when I sing it live and I want to feel it every time.