This Is A Time For Serious People,

An Artist’s Job Is To Captivate… If We Stumble Into Truth, We Got Lucky.

It Wouldn't Kill You To Watch A Film Or Pick Up A Newspaper Once In A While.

I Had Never Thought Of Doing Television. But My Agent Wanted Me To Meet John Wells, Who Had Had A Lot Of Success Producing Er And China Beach. The Night Before The Meeting, Some Friends Were Over For Dinner And Akiva Goldsman And I Slipped Downstairs To The Basement So We Could Sneak A Cigarette. He Said, "you Know What Would Make A Good Television Series? That." And He Was Pointing At The American President Poster. He Said, "there Doesn't Have To Be A Romance, Just Focus On A Senior Staffer."

I'm A Playwright. All I Care About Is The Play Being Good.

When I Feel That Something I'm Writing Is Going Well, Everything In My Life Is Good And The Things In My Life That Aren't Good Are Completely Manageable. If It's Not Going Well, Miss America Could Be Standing There In A Swimsuit Handing Me A Nobel Price And I Wouldn't Be Happy About It