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Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV.

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I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.

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Never underestimate the power of denial.

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We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.

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I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way to really get at the root of their identity, because it's such a personal thing.

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Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality we desire. That somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering. For me, the thing that I love is that it's all about the present moment.

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I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.

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I'm not like J.K. Rowling, where I know there's going to be this number of seasons, and I know exactly what's going to happen. I would be so bored if that was the case. There would be no journey. There would be nothing to discover.

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I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The anxiety would be way too much for me. I don't have as strong a backbone as those other show writers.

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I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.

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You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.

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