I've auctioned off many scripts and will continue to do so for good causes.

I'm too old to adapt to somebody else's ways.

You can't look in the face of adoration and be cruel.

I think in the old days, films really went for the shock, with the blood and guts, but movies are getting better. The writing and directing have improved a lot, because the audience demands it.

I wish everyone was a sci-fi geek because then there would be no violence in the world. There'd be no wars. There'd only be people e-mailing each other.

Apparently I’ve been typecast in science fiction: I’m a Russian bisexual telepathic Jew.

Cooking is great, love is grand, but soufflés fall and lovers come and go. But you can always depend on a book!