When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.

When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.

Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.

I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write, but those characters are characters.

It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.

Socializing on the internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.

I do enjoy the fact that we don't have a king or queen; we have a person with a very unusual temp job for a few years. My favorite moments on the show were always showing the intersection of the person and the job. Any time Bartlet from the West Wing could be something other than the president - a father, or a husband, or a son, or a friend.