You learn more when things go wrong.

Chemistry is not anything an executive producer or writer can orchestrate or plan; you just hope for it.

But I do believe that in all my shows, I really enjoy the quirky, the eccentric characters, the ones you don't meet every day.

I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.

We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.

When I really have to push and grope and scratch and claw to make a story work, that's a telltale sign that maybe something conceptually isn't right.

In retrospect, I think it's a plus, because now we've been able to go back and spend extra time on each of those episodes and make them better.

Some of my high school teachers did remind me that I had an excellent imagination when it came to making up excuses.

When you create a show, and create characters, these people are like children to you.

I never thought of myself as a writer.

For me, I'm happy to succeed on any network.

Have gracious thoughts of your neighbors, kind thoughts of your friends, loving thoughts of your family, and humble thoughts of yourself.

And you’re beautiful. You’d have to work pretty hard to mess that up.

Mori looked across and was, briefly, a languageless, inhuman thing rescued from the sea and asked for an impious favour.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to feel important.

Treasure every single moment you spend with someone you care about.

Our goal is long-term growth in revenue and absolute profit - so we invest aggressively in future innovation while tightly managing our short-term costs.

Congress' passing of the omnibus spending bill without reading it shows more than anything why they can't be trusted.

The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.

From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.