When I feel that something I'm writing is going well, everything in my life is good and the things in my life that aren't good are completely manageable. If it's not going well, Miss America could be standing there in a swimsuit handing me a nobel price and I wouldn't be happy about it

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.

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.

My preference would have been to not go back on the air after 9\11, at all until the time felt right but that wasn't an option.

If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.

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

Tell me what you think and then tell me what the really smart person in the room who disagrees with you thinks.