“My dad was a copywriter on Madison Avenue at the same time as the TV s...” — Peter Heller Quote

“My dad was a copywriter on Madison Avenue at the same time as the TV show 'Mad Men' is set. My mom raised the kids and was a scholarship coordinator at a school. More importantly, dad was a writer and my mom an artist.”

“I'm fascinated by characters who are faced with big losses and have to put their lives back together again.”

“Species are going extinct because of habitat loss and warming. I feel deeply responsible and think about it every day.”

“The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.”

“I was born in Hereford, England, in 1944. We moved when they had an opportunity to get a visa, about 1950. My dad always thought Europe was a bit too small for him. He wanted to see the United States... The typical immigrant story. He wanted a better life for his children, too. He always tried to get the visa, and it didn't come up.”

“The first job I ever had was working for my dad, helping him out with some of his work as a translator - he used to take in sick lodgers who had come over from Iran to get medical assistance. It was 1975 and I was 10 at the time.”