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

As a dramatist, you're looking for points of friction.

It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.

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.

Never argue with a drunk or a fool.

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.

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.