Television Quotes 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…

— 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…

— Matthew Weiner

My major goal is to take my bathrobe off before the kids get home from school.

— 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…

— Matthew Weiner

I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Matthew Weiner

Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.

— 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…

— Matthew Weiner

I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested.

— Matthew Weiner

You don't drink and smoke that much, and womanize that much, unless you really want to be punished, I think.

— 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…

— Matthew Weiner

Hate is more interesting than love.

— Matthew Weiner