It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.

I dont meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.

It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.

I was a chubby, unathletic kid and conformed to every possible stereotype you could imagine of someone who would end up in public broadcasting.

You just have to fight your way through.

I would just like say to you with all my heart is that most everybody I know who does interesting creative work, they went through a phase of years where they had really good taste and they could tell what they were making wasn’t as good as they wanted it to be.

Brad Pitt is so good-looking there's a lightbulb inside of him shooting good-looking-ness in all directions.