Only criminals and adulterers should have to hide who they are.

I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.

I wrote the show West Wing for the two years before and the two years after 9/11. Suddenly everyone in the world had been through something that our characters had not been through; the whole trajectory of the world had changed. Yet our show took place in a parallel universe. I wasn't really sure what to do about this. In no one's wildest dreams did it occur that an event like this could possibly happen.

Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

Elite is not a bad word, it's an aspirational one.

Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.

If I get an idea for a series that I really like, I'm sure I won't be able to resist coming back and doing it.