I've Never Tried To Manipulate

For A While In My Teens, I Was Sure I Had It. It Was About Getting To Heaven. If Heaven Existed And Lasted Forever, Then A Mere Lifetime Spent Scrupulously Following Orders Was A Small Investment For An Infinite Payoff. One Day, Though, I Realized I Was No Longer A Believer, And Realizing That, I Couldn't Go Back.

Kids Are Natural Scientists.

The Best Things Said Come Last. People Will Talk For Hours Saying Nothing Much And Then Linger At The Door With Words That Come With A Rush From The Heart.

Working On The West Wing Was Similar In Many Ways To My Experience On M*a*s*h, Because You Had People Willing To Work Late At Night To Get It Just Right.

It's Not An Epitaph. I Felt I Could Look Back At My Life And Get A Good Story Out Of It. It's A Picture Of Somebody Trying To Figure Things Out. I'm Not Trying To Create Some Impression About Myself. That Doesn't Interest Me.