In movies and TV, we tend to fall into tropes about how characters might get out of problems. But when you look at real life, you realize that there is a lot of drama of not being able to get… — 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 Image
“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 Image
My major goal is to take my bathrobe off before the kids get home from school. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
“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 Image
I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting. — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
