Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me.

Odd that the future should be so difficult to bring into focus when the past, uninvited, offered itself up so easily for inspection.

I'll tell you one thing, though. It's a terrible thing to be a disappointment to a good woman.

Which is why we have spouses and children and parents and colleagues and friends, because someone has to know us better than we know ourselves. We need them to tell us. We need them to say, "I know you, Al. You are not the kind of man who.

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.

Where was the middle ground between a sense of adventure and just plain sense?

Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.