The Atlantic really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer.

We live in a culture that has a real hard time distinguishing fiction from reality. Even when they're told something is fiction.

Some people, no matter where they look, they see themselves.

Most television shows are going to require an actor sign up from four to six years, but an anthology show really amounts to five or six months at the most. I thought serious actors might be attracted to that.

You just do the best you can, and when you're able to connect with people, and when you do, it's just incredibly gratifying.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because to some degree, I projected upon it.

I was raised by television. It was my first cultural window. It was a constant companion.