You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe.

Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age

A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.

Music is what mathematics does on a Saturday night.

It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference.

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

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor. I was acting in all the school plays. I went to school for acting. I was really sure that that's what I wanted to do.