I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies is 'All the President's Men.' Woodward and Bernstein, those guys were my heroes. I have a degree in journalism.

Respect yourself, your Opponent and the Game

People thought the storyline and characters for 'X-Files' made it a 'dark' show, but I never saw it that way. I always thought Mulder and Scully were the light in dark places.

He is a leader among leaders.

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

I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The X-Files.'

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.