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Goodness, that Simon Cowell is a sensitive soul.

I'm always being asked if I watch 'The X Factor,' and I do from time to time. I know it makes for great TV and that Simon Cowell has a real gift.

If you get an opportunity to work with David Simon, anybody with good taste would.

I don't have anything against Simon Cowell and 'The X Factor.'

I'm proud to be involved with Simon Cowell and 'X Factor.'

You don't knock television, even if you don't always like what they make of your work. It makes all the difference between being an also-ran writer and very famous.

I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.

I don't have many famous friends, really, except Simon Cowell.

While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck.

I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks.