“My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.” WorldTryingCharacterCompassionApproachImpulseAestheticHumanistic Author:Mike White
“I started out writing when I was young; stuff about exposing the truth about how people are not what they appear, about how they are much more dysfunctional than they seem. Pulling back the curtain - that felt smart. But as I got older, exposing how frail people can be seems less and less deep.” PeopleWritingSeemsYoungFeltStuffSmartPullingCurtainsExposingFrail Author:Mike White
“I can be really annoying, but I also feel like I'm a nice person.” FeelsPersonsI CanNiceAnnoyingNice Person Author:Mike White
“To me, I definitely stand in the corner of wanting to give voice to the bullied, and not the bully.” GivingVoiceCornersBullyBullied Author:Mike White
“You want to work with people who you like and have an easy rapport with.” PeopleWantEasyRapport Author:Mike White
“There are life lessons that can be derived from reality television.” RealityTelevisionLessonsLife LessonReality Television Author:Mike White
“To me, this is from a Buddhist perspective or whatever, sometimes people who are working out their political beliefs, they can rage against the man, and yet at the same time can be oblivious to their own way of stepping on the foot of the person right next to them.” PeopleMenWayPersonsSometimesPoliticalNextBeliefFeetHe ManPerspectiveWork OutRageBuddhistObliviousPolitical Beliefs Author:Mike White
“You feel a little weird, as a writer of scripted television for many years, to say you're a fan of reality TV. You feel like a traitor. But I am a total fan.” FeelsYearsLittlesRealityFansTelevisionTvsTraitorReality Tv Author:Mike White
“As you get older, you realize just figuring out how to be nice to the people in your personal sphere is almost more challenging than trying to change the bigger culture.” PeopleTryingCultureRealizingChallengesNiceBiggerSpheresBeing NiceTrying To Change Author:Mike White