The language we're exchanging, the fillings in our teeth, the pavement on the road outside, everywhere you look, for better or for worse, you're going to see evidence that accepting reality is not a human's tendency, and not what we're good at, and not, in my speculation, what God or Natural Selection hired us to do. We've been hired, by this universe, to dream, to aspire, to make things that weren't real real - and because that involves a lot of failure, we're damn good at doing that, too.

It was never my direct intention to do anything particularly medium-defying.

I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.

What's important is passion, investment, and people laughing out loud as they work.

All [tv] shows are like cigarettes. You watch two, you have a higher chance of watching three. They're all addictive.

I say what's in my head, and I'm on honest ground. That is worth so much, and I think it does make my job, as a writer, easier. It makes it possible for me to give people stuff that they like.

I really like performing for people.