"The funny thing is, this is what everyone assumes, that anybody who talks has an axe to grind. I've been around a long time, and yes, there obviously are people who disagree with policy who talk to me, but it's less axes to grind than people who are really motivated. One of the terrible things about this Administration is that nobody wants to hear bad news."
Source : "'About a Boy's' David Walton: 'It's amazing the house doesn't burst into flames'". Interview with Jacqueline Cutler, screenertv.com. March 4, 2014.