If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...], I'm willing to bet he's an atheist too.

In television, the 60-minute series, 'The Wire' and 'Mad Men' and so on, the writer is the primary creative artist.

I have a general feeling that writers and artists who are in this peculiar situation, of being a persecuted artist, all anyone ever asks about is the persecution. It may well be that's the last thing in the world they want to talk about. There were many years in which every journalist in the world wanted to talk to me, but nobody wanted to talk to me about my work. That felt deeply frustrating because I felt there was an attempt to stifle me as an artist. The best revenge I could have was to write.

Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms.

I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.

Actually, I don't even like parties. I would much prefer a room with four friends who sit around and have dinner. I detest nightclubs. And I don't like places where the noise is so loud you can't talk to people.

Freedom to reject is the only freedom.