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… — 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 it all came out at once. It’s called hiding the brushstrokes, and those who do it are doing a disservice to people who admire their work and seek to emulate them. If you don’t get to… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share
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
