Quotes About Rob Thomas

Chatty, defensive, observant. My new favorite witness.

She and her mom used to visit him on lunch breaks and, in later years, she did her homework in an empty interrogation room while eavesdropping on the dispatch.

Oh, I guess you wouldn't know, since you left the actual investigating for me to do. Well, buckle up, my friend, because I'm about to hand you actual clues to an actual crime, wrapped in a bow.

I swear, you are the only person I know who makes decisions based on what will provide the best material for a diary.

Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses.

Ryan Hansen is my favorite person on the planet. He is my discovery. I'm so proud of him.

'Freaks and Geeks' was my favorite show when it was on, by a wide measure. And that's the show I wanted to do. I noodled with the idea of doing a show about teenagers that told small stories, small moments of personal growth.

I don't know what that is because to me, Feb. 14 is Rob Thomas' birthday, and that's only what I acknowledge it as. I just like to celebrate that as Rob Thomas' birthday.

Your executives liking your show makes all the difference in the world. It's the difference between happiness and misery.

In a weird way, 'Veronica Mars' was my reaction to 'Freaks and Geeks' because 'Freaks and Geeks' was the show I wanted to write, the one I wanted to create, where there was no gimmick; you didn't have to have a teenage private eye. It was just these beautiful small stories about real kids.

One reason I relate to 'Veronica Mars' fans is because I can totally geek out about shows. I mean, I write Vince Gilligan fan mail every year.

I started my career as a novelist. 'Veronica Mars' was first imagined as a novel.

Having gotten TV shows on the air, that's so much less work that trying to get the 'Veronica Mars' movie made.