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.

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.

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

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.

Don't ruin a good story with the facts.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.

I'm an addict for underwear.

She wanted to feel safe. Untouchable in her home. The ultimate female fantasy.

Success is not permanent & failure is not fatal.

The Lord has given me to understand the value of at once confessing one's sins after their commission. By so doing we are always in the state of grace.

There is no principle involved in my holdout. Only money.

In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.