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"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."
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"What you want, when you want it. As opposed to everything you could ever want, even when you don't."
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"And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment."
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"I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that."


"And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon."


"I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines."


"I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series."


"Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have."


"David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character."


"At one time, whenever the hell it was, they wanted a character to come in and stir up the pot. They brought me in for 8-10 episodes and said we'll try it for that."
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