"In 2004, I was the new President of Bravo. I had never run a commercial cable network before…we needed a hit."

“I love getting told no 'cause then I fight even more.”

“I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the Senate at the end.”

“The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.”

“Ancient and oriental civilizations were more sensitive than we are to the cycles of things; to the succession of generations, both divine and human; and to change within stasis. Western man is virtually alone in wanting to make his God into a fortress and personal immortality into a bulwark against time.”

“The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.”

“As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.”

“By investing others with the power to dictate who you are, you rob yourself of an opportunity to truly grow.  You shortchange yourself by devaluing the experiences and knowledge you've banked, all those things that have been making you, you.”

“Most television shows are going to require an actor sign up from four to six years, but an anthology show really amounts to five or six months at the most. I thought serious actors might be attracted to that.”

Source : "‘True Detective’ creator on his gripping new HBO series". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. January 7, 2014.