The first time I had disposable income, the two things I cared most about were a television and a couch.

'The Tube' was the first time the plebs had gone on the television. The lunatics taking over the asylum.

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

Both 'The Wire' and 'Queer as Folk' had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling ambitious stories about two cities, Baltimore and Manchester, for the first time.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

The two most important things in my life were academics and sports. I had to do my schoolwork first.