It's an ugly thing to see ambition and to see people satisfying themselves. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
TV writing is for people who hate being alone more than they hate writing. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
Super confident people with no problems and great marriages and great parenting are not good entertainment. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
As far as I can tell, 1968 is a year about change, about revolution, about violence, about people turning inwards as community… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
It's impossible for me, without getting a big wide shot of Manhattan, to convince people that it's another day. But if we… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
I do find it sometimes that people project their own feelings on to the characters and I think that there is a… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
My wife's an architect, so she definitely has a very high-risk artistic profession, and she gets the idea that you're really sensitive,… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
I have this amazing team that I trust. I completely go with their decisions on things. I don't have to go in… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
I was never really that worried about being a member of the Sopranos crew. I think it looks kind of fun to… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
You can do a lot with a commercial break - you can change days, you can suggest the passage of time. So… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
I'm a different writer now. You don't sit in a room with Sopranos creator David Chase and writer Terence Winter for four years and… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
“despite all the machinery of civilization devoted to splitting up and moving on, Mark couldn't imagine the strength needed to actually do such a… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
My major goal is to take my bathrobe off before the kids get home from school. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
“Artists frequently hide the steps that lead to their masterpieces. They want their work and their career to be shrouded in the mystery that… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
I was never really that worried about being a member of the Sopranos crew. I think it looks kind of fun to not have… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
I don't want to pretend like I'm clairvoyant or anything, but I had a tremendous sense of malaise about our political future. This is… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
The weirdest thing with friends, the way you measure it is if you go without communicating for months at a time, you can sit… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely related to… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
You don't drink and smoke that much, and womanize that much, unless you really want to be punished, I think. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
My life philosophy and personality has been driven by the fact that I am incapable of really understanding the future, on some level. I… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
