My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.

While I don't like violent programs per se, I do like good storytelling, which made me a fan of shows like Breaking Bad and American Horror Story.

It seems to me conspiracy is at the heart of dozens of TV dramas currently on. Maybe that itself is some kind of conspiracy.

Never forget that I am paid for my troubles!

Jarecki's 'Reagan' is a compellingly watchable and appropriately conflicted portrait...artfully nuanced and intellectually curious.

"Big Bang Theory" focuses on main characters who in other shows would only be auxiliary players hewing to stereotype: The gawky nerd who lives next door and says oddball things.

I think the occasional appearance of the UFO is a very oblique pop-cultural reference that anyone who was alive and sentient in the late 1970s will get right away.

I have to confess I can't have the holiday season without "Hard Candy Christmas". For some reason, it makes me think of the sticky ribbon candy bowl my mid-western grandma always had.

In fact, when it comes to TV, I'm not even sure what my real, true preferences are.

In the end, all critics should be guided by this one principle: Is this piece of work [TV show, movie, play, concert, album, restaurant] succeeding at what it set out to do?

Just as it's unfair to review a taco stand for not being a four-star restaurant, I also have to be mindful that not every drama on TV is trying to be "The Wire."

Beyond the Alps lies Italy.

At every stage of understanding the universe better, the benefits to civilisation have been immeasurable. None of those big leaps were made with us knowing what was going to happen.

I try to present something that is true so I don't further destroy the world with my contribution to it.

The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there.

The place of connection or separation in relationship to your own being, the place in your self where this occurs, is in your heart.

Giving into anger destroys the soul.

Democracy is good for everybody.

The three most important aspects of debugging and real estate are the same: Location, Location, and Location.

I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke.

For the ones who are called saints by human opinion on earth may very well be devils, and their light may very well be darkness