There is no 'magic water' that you can rub on a script to make the jokes funnier.

Time is an absurdity. An abstraction. The only thing that matters is this moment.

I tweet because it allows me to say anything I want and sometimes people respond.

I actually feel like comic book movies need to be better than your average movie.

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.

On 'Flash,' you've never seen the last of anybody, no matter what happens to them.

Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

None of us like violence in the real world, but we're fascinated with it onscreen.

Eating disorders are A) not fun at parties, and B) they're not very fun in movies.

Definitely things changed from the books. Especially when youre adapting something.

I am wired on some deep level to seek out something to be worried and obsess about.

I have a bad habit, in the shows that I run, of killing off the people that I love.

To my credit, I think I'm a gentle control freak. Maybe even a little manipulative.

Of all the mental illnesses, anorexia has the highest morbidity rate. It's serious.

I spent some time in Vegas when I was doing some canvassing for Obama back in 2008.

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

The problem and the question on 'Breaking Bad' is always 'Where is Walt's head at?'

When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.

To me, Joss Whedon is a god. I'm just a huge fan of his work; I love his work on TV.

I'm excited and terrified to write something new. I won't be writing about suburbia.

The one thing that's always very safe to say with 'Arrow' is never make assumptions.

With everything I do, I strive for a balance of tone, where it's not just one thing.

Everybody keeps falling back to the same patterns without doing too much dramaturgy.

Kathy Nightingale: What's good about sad? Sally Sparrow: It's happy for deep people.

Every teenager feels a wanting, a desire for something more, to be heard, to be seen.

If people walk out of the movie and they think about it, then that's quite something.

You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is.

The net is a very precious thing. I hate it when people discuss measures to limit it.

I'm not a public figure; I shouldn't have to be held to a certain standard of beauty.

The thing about working on a TV show is that it becomes, very quickly, all consuming.

If you find something helpful to give you a hand, allow it to assist you, hands down!

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

If The Muppet Show had a basketball team, the score would always be Frog 99, Chaos 98.

TV is, as I'm discovering now, a marathon. You have to keep going and going and going.

I love doing meta-humor, as long as it doesn't become too distracting and it's subtle.

Middle Age, a restful, welcome break from real life, brings some unique opportunities.

I've watched my fair share of 'Housewives.' And I just felt a little dirty afterwards.

The Doctor: I've seen bigger. Clara: Really? The Doctor: Are you joking? It's massive!

I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings!

I think music on television is just uniformly dreadful. It is mundane, it says nothing.

It's safe to talk openly and honestly with people because they're not really listening.

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

Sometimes diehard fans expect so much that they're never happy no matter what they get.

Kids aint supposed to be grateful! They're supposed to eat your food, break your heart.

Listen to people. Listen to yourself at the end of the day, but listen to people a lot.

As a fan, I want all of the Marvel TV projects to be successful. I am a comic book fan.

I wanted to work with Bert Lahr [the 'Cowardly Lion' in 'The Wizard of Oz'], and I did.

There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.

For a few minutes of every day, every man becomes a genius. This is the tragedy of life.

Next up [new TV stars] was [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour.'

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