One of the main pitfalls of any theoretically "niche" show is that you spend too much time on the "niche" and not enough time on the "show."

Every teenager feels a wanting, a desire for something more, to be heard, to be seen.

The East Coast, and certainly Boston, has a provincial quality to it that makes it harder to bust out and move up. Try to be too different and they'll pull you down.

Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

A few years ago I started an online flirtation with a high school flame, Andy. Things got weird and I called it off and two months later...Versace was dead...dead.

...for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works.

The effects of loss are acute, and unique to each individual. Not everyone mourns in the same way, but everyone mourns.

Your illusion can become a reality, when you let go of your fears.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

Texas Red is about the biggest blues hellraiser you'll ever meet.

I've never Worried about being typecast - I've only ever Worried about being not cast!

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.

I'm always thinking of ideas and sounds. I am waiting on something new and dope to inspire me.

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.