But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard ugly truths about life that are important to know.

And they like being able to turn on the television day in and day out to see someone that they know and they feel comfortable with and trust hopefully and respect even.

Well I had an immense respect for Cirque du Soleil when I first say them in the '80s on a television show and just thought you know this group is really reinventing the circus as you know. Because there wasn't three rings. There were no animals.

You can't tell your kids to read if you're just watching television. They have to see you read. And in that respect I think it's important to walk the walk. It's a wonderful shared time.

The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.

True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion.

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human if one only interprets this correctly.

There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion.

I think all television has to be about relationships and I don't think horror for the sake of it can work unless you're able to ground it in some kind of relationship.

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job a life stage a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its value.