I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking.

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

I think the idea that television has evolved to this place of real thematic richness and the fact that you no longer have to get 10 million people to watch your show in order to propagate its survival are the best things that have ever happened to storytelling in this medium.

Hindsight is 20/20, but the moral of the writing for me is that when you're feeling very scared and nervous about something and you're fairly convinced that it could be a massive disaster, that's exactly the idea that you should do.

If you're constantly hamstrung by worry that people aren't going to like it, you can't do your job.

I think 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy has a very satisfying ending, and there's not really that deep of a mythological construct.