I am a collaborator with everyone who agrees that I need to be in control. I happily collaborate with my loyalists.
I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.
I don't really have a lot of appropriate feelings for people on an individual basis, but I've always wanted to make people happy.
The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.
I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.
I'm always trying to gain and keep the audience's respect. I always want them to know that the show doesn't think they're stupid for watching.
I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.
I think when the United States of America put a man on the moon in 1969, that was one of the greatest accomplishments mankind has ever done.
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.
I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly.
I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.
DeWitt: Loneliness leads to nothing good, only detachment. And sometimes the people who most need to reach out are the people least capable of it.
You know, there's a difference between politicians and leaders. Politicians read poll numbers and compromise. Leaders do what's morally right.
Watching a film should feel like you just tore a hole out of the air and the void caught fire.
When it comes to the fundamental issues that humanity faces, I think that solutions involve shifting consciousness towards cooperation.
When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.
The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.
Wild animals are just as confused as people are now. You've got toxins in the water, oil, sewage, all sorts of things.
I'm not going to take a show unless I'm not sure I can do it. You have to have that sort of adrenaline.
The frustrating thing about 'Friday Night Lights' is I know a lot more people would respond to the show if they saw it.
Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that connect for kids and adults.
