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> [You can do a lot with a commercial break - you can change days, you can suggest the passage of time. So sometimes that's a great thing artistically, to know that's going to be there. Obviously you'd always prefer that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/you-can-do-a-lot-with-a-commercial-break-you-can-change-days-you-can/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

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## More by Matthew Weiner

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/i-m-a-different-writer-now-you-don-t-sit-in-a-room-with-sopranos/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/despite-all-the-machinery-of-civilization-devoted-to-splitting-up-and/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [My major goal is to take my bathrobe off before the kids get home from school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/my-major-goal-is-to-take-my-bathrobe-off-before-the-kids-get-home/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [“Artists frequently hide the steps that lead to their masterpieces. They want their work and their career to be shrouded in the mystery that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/artists-frequently-hide-the-steps-that-lead-to-their-masterpieces/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/i-m-very-supportive-of-creative-people-being-paid-for-the-work-that/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/if-you-want-to-reach-any-kind-of-poignancy-or-meaning-a-lot-of-times/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [I was never really that worried about being a member of the Sopranos crew. I think it looks kind of fun to not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/i-was-never-really-that-worried-about-being-a-member-of-the-sopranos/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/i-don-t-want-to-pretend-like-i-m-clairvoyant-or-anything-but-i-had-a/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [The weirdest thing with friends, the way you measure it is if you go without communicating for months at a time, you can sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/the-weirdest-thing-with-friends-the-way-you-measure-it-is-if-you-go/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/seeing-movie-people-trying-to-get-into-tv-now-who-don-t-understand/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely related to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/the-show-is-not-a-history-lesson-or-intellectual-exploration-it-is/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/i-guess-because-i-m-a-liberal-i-think-it-s-not-people-s-natural/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [You don't drink and smoke that much, and womanize that much, unless you really want to be punished, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/you-don-t-drink-and-smoke-that-much-and-womanize-that-much-unless-you/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [My life philosophy and personality has been driven by the fact that I am incapable of really understanding the future, on some level. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/my-life-philosophy-and-personality-has-been-driven-by-the-fact-that-i/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

> [Hate is more interesting than love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-weiner/hate-is-more-interesting-than-love/)

[Matthew Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-weiner/)

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