The show is not about his personal life, ... but you get curious about that, so we wanted to get a greater glimpse into who this guy was. It's really tricky to find someone to play opposite him, to stand up to him, somebody that you would believe this sort of character would be interested in, and would be interested in this character.

David Shore

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Trouble is part of your life - if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough. -Dinah Shore.

— Dinah Shore

There's not much really to do in a hospital, but I worked a little bit, thought a lot about life and what priorities are truly important, spent quality time with Heather and Joshua, and, yes, taught him to play street hockey.

You're supposed to trust friends. You have no reason to be his friend? That is part of the pleasure of friendship: trusting without absolute evidence and then being rewarded for that trust.

— David Shore

Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.

— David Shore

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they're dying is it tends to focus their priorities. You find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for. What they're willing to lie for.

— David Shore