I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid.

It doesn't matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be good at what he does.

When I was a kid, I used to watch 'Laurel and Hardy' with my cousins all the time. I still think they're extremely funny and so surreal.

Don't get too comfortable. We are here for a certain period of time, and how much of your life are you gonna choose to spend with distractions? How do you make your choices? What is important?

I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go for the story, the important stuff.

When I was doing 'The Sopranos,' I liked putting music together with the film; that was my favorite part of it.

Hitchcock was one of the few people in Hollywood who had a brand. Every movie he made was an Alfred Hitchcock movie, couldn't have been anyone else.