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

It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

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

Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day: civility, respect, kindness, character.

That's a very real feeling - that I don't have a story to tell. I'm not a pure storyteller. I have a tough time with story.

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.

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.