“The events of the Civil War are so odd, ferocious, and poignant that f...” — Donald McCaig Quote

“The events of the Civil War are so odd, ferocious, and poignant that fictional characters do well simply to inhabit them.”

“I am built funny. Picture Mark Twain's head on Ichabod Crane's body. Now hold your mental picture to the light and crumple it.”

“I do not believe you can work with animals - certainly you cannot train them - without deciding that if humans have souls, dogs do, too.”

“That we have altered the dog genetically is well understood; it is hardly known how they changed us.”

“He'd sit and listen to Nana's Jesus stories all day, but when she turned to the Old Testament prophets, Louis Valentine's little face would darken. He said, "I hate it when God is mean!”

“It is the job of the dog trainer to summon the dog's genetics, not to impose man's will over dog's.”

“I think as a filmmaker and as a director, you shortchange yourself if you inhibit the ability of your actor to bring their own personal experiences to the characters.”

“Twitter is the ultimate service for the mobile age - its simplification and constraint of the publishing medium to 140 characters is perfectly complementary to a mobile experience.”

“People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.”

“I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly.”

“I've always loved the underdog characters.”

“My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way.”