It's hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again.

I have a bad habit, in the shows that I run, of killing off the people that I love.

I'm kind of a comic book geek, but I'm not really a super hero comic book geek.

Every so often you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can’t let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer’s room so that you have the ability to take a left turn.

It's hard to make a lot of pop culture references where there's no pop culture.

Kids aint supposed to be grateful! They're supposed to eat your food, break your heart.

What I think networks do so well are big, fun, accessible, invite everybody into the tent kinds of storytelling, akin to an early Spielberg movie or a Michael Crichton novel. That's not to say that there aren't scary parts 'cause there are, and that there aren't sexy parts and edgy parts, just like early Spielberg would have, but there's a lot of heart, a lot of emotion and complicated characters.