I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.

I just like the comic book sensibility. If I can turn them into films and TV series, that's just icing on the cake.

The people green-lighting films or TV series often want household names, but the smart ones realize that there are lightning rods who can make things happen, and they aren't necessarily the ones who are celebrated.

The truth is there's so many great TV shows out there now that none of us take absence of awards personally. The most important feedback is the feedback we get from the fans.

A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.

I think there is nothing that can replace your emotional response. The biggest mistakes I have ever made in my life are when people told me, "You really should produce this. It's a guaranteed hit." I would read the material and I would go, "I don't get it, but okay, I'll produce it." You're giving up that much of your life, your time with family and friends, to something that you're not really committed to - and they did not pan out the way everyone said they would, even though I worked just as hard.

Film-making is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.