American Quotes

It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.

St. Elsewhere was certainly a great show.

Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.

People think what you are doing is real, on a TV show.

I'm thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don't mess it up.

I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me.

I'm in the business to push it. I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done.

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point?

At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.

I think if you get asked to do this, then that's called doing your homework, and I try and do it.

I like this job - most days I have a chance to make breakfast and take the kids to school or to read 'em a bedtime story. It's almost like a normal life.

It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.

The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And viewers agree; you see the numbers going up for holiday episodes.

Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.

People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it's just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it.

My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do.

Maybe I am just a jerk.

If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

I've never done well when I've been appreciated. I've done best when I'm targeted for death.

I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.

I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.

I was raised on NBC television.

I think women are different, and I think having them in the room is crucial to a family comedy, ensemble comedy, television comedy, where half the eyeballs on your show are women.

I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production.

I really like performing for people.

I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.

I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that.

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.

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.