Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make.

It's show business. No show, no business.

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

despite knowingthey won’t be here for longthey still choose to livetheir brightest lives- sunflowers

The time of neutrality is over, this is the time of intervention where we can learn to grab the bull by the horns.

If you use the term 'over-exaggerate, ' you know the definition neither of 'exaggerate' nor of 'over.

I have a huge repertoire. I love karaoke.

I only tour in short bursts, I'm only ever away from my family and three daughters for a month or two.

I don't sit down and have meals too often, unless I go out for dinner.

The Democrats say that President Bush doesn't have an exit strategy for Iraq. Of course he does. If things don't go well, he exits in November.

Don't look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you.

The Spirit, when He prays through us, or helps us to meet the mighty "ougthness" of right praying, trims our praying down to the will of God.

I try to make sense of things. Which is why, I guess, I believe in destiny. There must be a reason that I am as I am. There must be.