The stuff that I write doesn't work very well as background music. You have to watch it from beginning to end and pay attention as if you were watching a play.

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

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.

Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You’re a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You’re barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they’re a-coming for ya. It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

But HBO is less interested in how many people are watching than in how much the people who are watching are liking the show. They didn't set up their business model to make writers happy. It's just a nice unintended consequence.

The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.