Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

I just saw Memento. It's very, very good. I watch a lot of French films.

With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.

Although, I think you look back and you try to learn from your mistakes.

I'm not a morning person, and yet production is a morning person's game.

We celebrate the Bill Gateses of the world. We're not mad at Bill Gates.

Clark Gregg is so cool. He's a pretty cool cat. People are drawn to him.

You need a good James Clavell novel, I think, to make a good miniseries.

Van Jones has one job: to stir up racism, whether he can find it or not.

When you're making a reality show, you can't even plan a week ahead now.

The world is infinitely more complex than it appeared to me 15 years ago.

'The Reckoning' is one of my proudest hours. I love that episode so much.

I think almost everything in life is life-experience, personality-driven.

Giving up your core business in search of a phantom audience is not wise.

As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius.

I probably get more satisfaction from making a show than being on a show.

There's something that happens to you when you come back to your hometown.

TV is just a huge tablet. It’s just a platform to consume long-form video.

Viral videos arent just about being funny. Theyre about identity creation.

I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he’s dumb as an ashtray.

It is a tremendous sacrifice to run for political office in America today.

I have a soft spot for Joe Biden. I like him. But he's dumb as an ashtray.

If bad taste were a felony, every writer I know would've done prison time.

I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.

I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows.

'The Vampire Diaries' is a serialized drama. It deserved its final chapter.

There are more conservatives on Fox. But we are not a conservative network.

I am grieved that these continuing stories are everyday matters swept away.

I didn't have any qualifications when I left school - I had three O-levels.

I feel blessed that I get to be part of entertaining people in any capacity.

Viral videos aren't just about being funny. They're about identity creation.

If you only ever heard Lady Gaga, she's the most boring singer in the world.

It's not a bad way to live once you let go of the idea that you deserve more.

You don't need to make shows about sex and drugs and violence to get ratings.

Every Comic-Con, they have some sort of 'Dr. Horrible' panel. It's very cool!

If a show ever tries to be cool, then it's going to be doing something wrong.

I love mysteries on television – the more psychologically complex the better.

When I look at it now, the whole punk thing is sort of comedy in a weird way.

Well, I don't look back and celebrate. I just always worry about the next one.

My goal on every job is to learn something new, because I get bored so easily.

I love mysteries on television - the more psychologically complex, the better.

Every other network has given all their shows to liberals. We are the balance.

A guy who gets fired and humiliated in the press can lose a lot of confidence.

I do a couple of hundred press-ups a day but I haven't been to a gym in years.

What luxury would I take to a desert island? A mirror. It's true. I'd miss me.

I'm going to Malaysia to try and win a million dollars... how exciting is that?

I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.

Once a vampire drinks another vampires blood they are connected to them forever

I suffer mightily at the 7 A.M. calls. I'm happy as a clam on the 7 P.M. calls.

The only way you can really deal with creative people is with very loose reins.

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