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

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….

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

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….

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

I do enjoy the fact that we don't have a king or queen; we have a person with a very unusual temp job for a few years. My favorite moments on the sho….

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

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….

Never argue with a drunk or a fool..

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..

Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig..

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

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….

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….

Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good..

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

You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back ….

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

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

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

With a television series, there's a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you're not writing well..