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When I First Started Writing For Television In The Seventies And Eighties, The Internet Didn't Exist, And We Didn't Need To Worry About Foreign Websites Illegally Distributing The Latest Tv Shows And Blockbuster Movies Online.

If 98 Out Of 100 Doctors Tell Me I've Got A Problem, I Should Take Their Advice. And If Those Two Other Doctors Get Paid By Big Snack Food, Like Certain Climate Deniers Get Paid By Big Coal, I Shouldn't Take Their Advice.

I Think The Government Has A Role In Protecting The Fundamental Rights Of Its Citizens.

I Think If You're Going To Do A Movie About Reagan, You Do It About The Fact That He Created The Huge Deficit, That He Armed The Mujahideen, That He Armed Saddam, That He Armed Iran, That He Armed Two-thirds Of The Axis Of Evil, And That He Funded Terrorists In Central America. He Was, In My Mind, A Terrible President.

When People Talked About Protecting Their Privacy When I Was Growing Up, They Were Talking About Protecting It From The Government. They Talked About Unreasonable Searches And Seizures, About Keeping The Government Out Of Their Bedrooms.