I have a little bit of a temper, but it's ... a useless temper, ... It doesn't accomplish anything, generally. It's just a lot of ranting and raving and nothing, so David (Chase) probably saw that and put it into the character.

For once I'm not the guy losing my temper all the time.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

If you lose your temper at a newspaper columnist, he'll get rich or famous or both.

Any prosecutor that enjoys getting the death penalty has just got a little something wrong with him, ... You temper your enthusiasm over a verdict you know is right and just and what the jury should have done under the facts with just that little hesitation that it's just not something you enjoy doing.

Good writing will bring you to places you don't even expect sometimes.