Matthew Weiner Quotes

This sounds really craven on some level, but on some level, a lot of what I'm doing is trying to not do a typical TV show. — Matthew Weiner

I would never want my name on something that I did not write most of. Part of television is you get rewritten. — Matthew Weiner

The raconteur knows too well that, if he investigates the truth of the matter, he is only too likely to lose his good story. — Herbert Butterfield

Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting. — Matthew Weiner

Believe it or not, there's a lot of humor in 'Mad Men.' Especially in the dark moments. — Matthew Weiner

Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it? — Matthew Weiner

The wish precedes the event, the will accompanies it. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

My major goal is to take my bathrobe off before the kids get home from school. — Matthew Weiner

I am trying to be as impartial as possible. As you can tell from the trailers for Mad Men, I am a person who believes that you should know nothing. — Matthew Weiner

All human stories are interesting. You don't put a kid in a show because you need a device. They have a story, too. — Matthew Weiner

If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves. — Matthew Weiner

It's very hard to turn writers against each other, believe it or not. — Matthew Weiner

I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show. — Matthew Weiner

If you want to reach any kind of poignancy or meaning a lot of times, coming from comedy is the best way to get there. — Matthew Weiner

[Peggy Olson]: Just try it. — Matthew Weiner

Men are sheep. Which is why armies and wars are possible. They die victims of their stupid docility. — Gabriel Chevallier

I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do. — Matthew Weiner

You can't set a clock for yourself. If you do, you are not a writer. — Matthew Weiner

I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested. — Matthew Weiner

Hate is more interesting than love ... — Matthew Weiner

I keep going to a lot of places and ending up somewhere I've already been — Matthew Weiner

No music in the raindrops
No clouds with silver lining
Torrents of sorrows
Horror in streams — A.A. Patawaran

Opinions can't be inaccurate. — Matthew Weiner

We are living and consuming more than we need, and this impacts our survival. — Raheem Devaughn

it's always been you. — Winna Efendi

Who knows where the talent goes? Sometimes it goes where the money is. Sometimes I think writers are really interested in the glory. — Matthew Weiner

Justice without compassion is but tyranny — Nicholas C. Rossis

Change is neither good or bad; it simply is.
[Written by Matthew Weiner] — Don Draper 'Mad Men'

Once upon a time, I had two close friends. Shocking, I know, given my natural charm, but there are those who just don't appreciate my brilliance. — Julie Kagawa

As far as I can tell, 1968 is a year about change, about revolution, about violence, about people turning inwards as community breaks down. — Matthew Weiner

California Congressman — David McCullough

Super-confident people with no problems and great marriages and great parenting are not good entertainment. — Matthew Weiner

That's the miracle of telling a story in film: You can express something inside someone's mind. — Matthew Weiner

TV writing is for people who hate being alone more than they hate writing. — Matthew Weiner

The Mind is everything. Do drugs. But just don't have drugs. — Doug Stanhope

It's an ugly thing to see ambition and to see people satisfying themselves. — Matthew Weiner

I am a competitive person. But more good TV is more good TV. — Matthew Weiner