Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed.

He unzipped his pants and his brains fell out.

The writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.

Golf is an expensive way to make yourself miserable.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

sex has never been private and it never will be. We perform the act in private but we must be public about the connection. Sex is how we pass down worldly goods. It's how we create the primary unit of our society, the couple. ... This rule applies to gay people as well as straight people. ... The community absolutely must know who is straight, who is gay, who is married, and who is single. Without that information we make painful mistakes and lose time.

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.