What happens when these young men and women come home so scarred and so wounded? We are ignoring that fact. We're just shoving them under the carpet.

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.

The hope is what America represents to the world and has always represented - the hope for a better life and a better world. We have a duty to protect and support that hope with not just our words, but with our deeds.

We give you characters we'd feel very comfortable judging, and then go: 'Oh yeah? Watch this'.

I just always try to find an interesting story and tell it well. That's a hard enough thing to do, whether it's a piece of fiction or it's a small piece of reality. I just look for good story.

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.

Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced, ripped up, or stolen every week. I had to replace that sign twelve times.