One of the things I've learned is there's no lesson to be learned. You have to resign yourself to the fact that mistakes are going to be made at any time in the creative process.

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

The best jokes on The Leftovers are the ones that make you feel a little sick to your stomach.

I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?"

It's just immensely frustrating that things like Breaking Bad get made that are kind of perfect! There's not even a bad episode of Breaking Bad, let alone a bad season. I want to be able to say, "Hey everybody, it's impossible to make a show where every episode is great!" No it's not.

Lost is a mystery show, so I think that would be stripping the franchise of sort of its essential nature.

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