It's certainly easy for me to make a fictional character mad about something. I can get them angry about something that I'm relatively indifferent about, just because I'm not educated on it, if I go to someone who is educated about it and is passionate about it. I find a point of fiction and then give it to them.

You can only write, 'Somebody wants something, something else is in their way of getting it.'

We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.

It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.

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

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.

If you close your eyes you can imagine the hackers sitting in a room, combing through the documents to find the ones that will draw the most blood. And in a room next door are American journalists doing the same thing. As demented and criminal as it is, at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel.