"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

"The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were."

"This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it."

"Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians."

"Respect talent. Get respect where respect is due, but don't be caught up in yourself where you do things obliviously and not pay attention to what is going on."

"You have more creative freedom with writing, in certain ways, because you can create everything that happens. But, as an actor you also have creative freedom because you don't so much focus on what has to move the story along, and only on how your character is reacting to situations."

"I'm looking for a feel and I have to find what that feel is before I can move on from there. I'm not necessarily catching stuff in such a simple way - I don't need to. So, I'm going for something else."

"How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed."