Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Mrs. Landingham, does the President have free time this morning? The President has nothing but free time, Toby. Right now he's in the residence eating Cheerios and enjoying Regis and Kathie Lee. Should I get him for you? Sarcasm's a disturbing thing coming from a woman of your age, Mrs. Landingham. What age would that be, Toby? Late twenties? Atta boy.

The hardest thing for me is getting started. If I'm writing a script, really 90 per cent of it would be just walking around, climbing the walls, just trying to put the idea together. Then the final 10 per cent would be writing it.

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

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

A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.