I'm trying to focus as much on the here and now as possible. To live my life in a way that the humans that I know here on the planet Earth feel like they've been treated with respect by me, whether they're people that I'm very close to or the audience who's watching my work.

I'm trying to focus as much on the here and now as possible. To live my life in a way that the humans that I know here on the planet Earth feel like they've been treated with respect by me, whether they're people that I'm very close to or the audience who's watching my work.

If your friend is critical [of your work], you have to have a very thick skin and a thick skin is something that only builds up after it's callused for awhile.

There is no suspense in inevitability.

In really, really good science fiction the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

I'm not sitting around thinking of ideas for TV shows.

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