“What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that h...” — James L. Brooks Quote

“What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that he takes on what you had intended and starts to put in his own stuff so that it becomes something that could only happen if he played it.”

“Working on any show that works is the best job you can possibly have in any area of the business. You've got so much going for you, a good community, everybody's hanging together, and you get to do it every week.”

“Nothing is a matter of course when you get to do your own thing. It's always a gift that can stop giving and probably will.”

“I worked for CBS News in the aftermath of all the greatness. I actually brought coffee to Edward R. Murrow.”

“I had no road map for fatherhood; I had no personal history to draw from.”

“It's craziness to see yourself as damaged goods, so I was the goofy kid who'd stop a strange adult and say, 'Do you know how to get to Palm Avenue?' They'd say no, and I'd say, 'You go two blocks and turn right. You can't miss it.'”

“I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended.”

“'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.”

“God intended Earth. God intended the waters. God intended you and me. We were created in the image and the likeness of God; we are holograms, if you will. So the power, the presence, the energy is within you and me. The energy of God, as life, is within each of us.”

“Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.”

“Sometimes the wrong thing is said or things don't come out the way they were intended.”

“God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.”