I've never been insulted by hateful satanists for not believing in their devil. Only by loving Christians for not believing in their God.

When you think of things like The Sopranos, The Wire, Damages, they are beating film on a regular basis. Most films are terrible. It's only the 2% that are good. There's things you can do on TV which you can't do on film. There is something about those episodic, serialisations that are grand and operatic.

The world is bigger than all the parts. That's the important thing, and one thing can throw everything off kilter. And you must never let yourself off. You'll let yourself off by mistake. So you shouldn't do it consciously. You have to be above it all and just be very disciplined with it. Just be very disciplined with it.

I've probably done the odd thing. I've probably done more than I would have done and some things you don't say no to. You don't say no to working with "The Simpsons"... the greatest comedy show on television. You mustn't. Even though going to my bad judgment, I remember saying that all I can do is make this show slightly worse.

To complain about critics in a business is like a sailor complaining about the waves. Go back to the beach if you don't like it.

Someone asked me what three things I would save if my house was on fire. I said my cat, my salamander and one of the twins.

I think sometimes you get given a good pile of goodwill, and it's whether you use it up in the first six months or spread it out over a career.