The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore..

When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me..

We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spendin….

Never argue with a drunk or a fool..

I'm terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you've written something that doesn't work, it's a tough pill to swal….

Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose..

Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt..

We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns..

Toby: All right. It couldn't have gone far, right? Sam: No. Toby: Somewhere in this building...is our talent..

But HBO is less interested in how many people are watching than in how much the people who are watching are liking the show. They didn't set up their….

Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder..

Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now..

Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age.

I got into dialogue because my parents began taking me to see plays from when I was very young. Too young, often, to understand the play I was watchi….

The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you haven't started yet..

It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference..

Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep can play with the boys but there just aren't that many tour-de-force roles out there for women..

Well, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I'm writing episode seven now and couldn't tell you what happens in episode eigh….

This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up..

You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly compl….

You can only write, 'Somebody wants something, something else is in their way of getting it.'.