When something original works, then everyone wants to copy it. But if you're trying to do something that no one's ever seen before it's frightening.

It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.

He is a leader among leaders.

Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be.

The teaching of any science, for purposes of liberal education, without linking it with social progress and teaching its social significance, is a crime against the student mind. It is like teaching a child how to pronounce words but not what they mean.

When something original works, then everyone wants to copy it. But if you're trying to do something that no one's ever seen before it's frightening.

I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.