Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

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Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So...

Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So...

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is...

It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is...

You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I...

You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I...

There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings...

There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings...

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct...

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct...

There really isn't a story that you can't tell inside of it. It's very much...

There really isn't a story that you can't tell inside of it. It's very much...

It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. The...

It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. The...

Our responsibility is to captivate you for however long we've asked for your attention. That...

Our responsibility is to captivate you for however long we've asked for your attention. That...

A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the...

A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the...

I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television...

I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television...

We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going...

We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

The free-lance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or...

The free-lance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or...

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives...

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives...

Editorial writers enter after battle and shoot the wounded.

Editorial writers enter after battle and shoot the wounded.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part...

Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...