Just to clarify the division of labor on the show, I write the show and Alan [Poul] does everything else.

An artist’s job is to captivate… if we stumble into truth, we got lucky.

Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eight.

This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.

Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day: civility, respect, kindness, character.

A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.

You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.