I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.

'Breaking Bad.' Because it's the best American narrative fiction of the last ten years.

I like having my own story remain my story.

Every time something bad happens, like we lose a day because of weather or an actor gets injured or anything else happens, the schedule has to change. It's the most challenging Tetris puzzle.

You don't like the girl. You don't know what color eyes she has, you don't like her.

Truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor.

I've never flown a kite.