Respect yourself, your Opponent and the Game

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

There's always the pressure to make the movie good.

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.

I think science is about the search for God; it just comes at it from a different angle than religion.

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 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.'