There is such a thing as truth, but we have a vested interest in not seeing it, in avoiding it.

Language can be used to so many diverse ends. It can be used to clarify and, of course, it can be used to obfuscate, confuse, evade.

I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable.

I envy certain writers, because there are writers who do go into a kind of different zone, where the writing isn't controlled anymore.

[Elsa Dorfman]was well known. Certainly in the Boston area, she's well known as a portrait photographer. My wife always wanted to meet her and then there was some benefit where she was taking pictures.

We have more information - a glut of information - than ever before, and perhaps less knowledge. That's what's peculiar. And the only way you can deal with it, I suppose, is to make fun of it. I would rather watch Comedy Central for the news than I'd like to watch any other program on television. Maybe that shows you the state of affairs.

There are many dramas that I would like to make: dramas based on real stories. It's approaching things from the other side.