“Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.” Quote by Tommy Lee Jones
“Why would you let [the TV audiences] build a habit of going to the cable networks? So I think they've obviously smartened up now, and they're not giving the summer to cable anymore.” ThinkingGivingAudienceTvsHabitSummerCables Author:James Patterson
“I love movies and I like a lot of good television. At the end of the project, I don't care if they changed [it from the book], I just want to look at it and go, "I loved that. That really turned out well."” IfsWantWellsLooksBookEndsCareChangedTelevisionProjectsDon't CareI Don't CareMovie Love Author:James Patterson
“I'm going to introduce BookShots, which are these under-150-page books that I'm launching, and they're under $5. They just launched in Australia. I already had a ton of content, but now add 50 books a year of content.” YearsBookPagesAddAustraliaIntroducingLaunching Author:James Patterson
“I was a Fry & Laurie fan, I was a Blackadder fan, I was a House fan and he [ Hugh Laurie]s a pleasure.” HousePleasureFans Author:David Mandel
“I'd like to give every member of our cast a best supporting comedy Emmy.” GivingComedyMembersCastsEmmys Author:David Mandel
“Here's one of the great things, and I may have said this somewhere, so forgive me. Curb ideas are not Veep ideas. I definitely have my Curb idea list that I've been carrying around for the last five years.” YearsMaySaidIdeasLastsFiveForgivingListsGreat ThingsFive YearsForgive MeCurbLast Five Years Author:David Mandel
“Veep is my priority. Veep is my home, but I have nothing but obviously, good thoughts and really want Curb to be Curb. So anything I can do, as long as Veep is not getting hurt, I guess is the answer.” WantLongI CanHomeCan DoHurtAnswersPrioritiesGood ThoughtsCurbGetting Hurt Author:David Mandel
“I think that's part of being a comedy writer. You have to be confident. If you're sitting around worrying about, like, oh my God, what are people going to think, then you're not writing comedy. You have to write what makes you laugh, and then the world hopefully laughs as well.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWritingWellsWorryLaughingComedySittingHopefullySitting AroundBe ConfidentMake You LaughWriting Comedy Author:David Mandel
“I think it's a fun thing, and perhaps maybe very so slightly as an American, it's a slightly different thing that they didn't do as much of when the show was 100 percent written by Brits just because I'm not sure they were quite as familiar with some of these little moments in our government system.” ThinkingLittlesDifferentMomentsShowsGovernmentFunWrittenPercentFamiliarNot SureDifferent ThingsFun ThingsBritsLittle Moments Author:David Mandel