When I go into a pitch room and I'm pitching something with a writing partner, everybody tends to look at the guy, even if I'm doing a lot of the talking.

Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.

I think movies do change people's hearts.

That's the funny thing about cinema, it is an intellectual medium, but it's also sort of anti-intellectual.

Having spent a lot of time trying to figure out screenwriting, I do feel moved and I want to try to write good roles for women of every age.

My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics. I'm not one of those people who can just spout off numbers for things, if numbers are thrown at me.

I think there is a general unrest or curiosity about what a human future is going to be like, and whether the way we're living is even sustainable.