We need to empower ourselves and believe in ourselves, and not allow the world to take that away from us. No matter how dark we may think our world is, it's been much darker in the past, and we will make it through this.

A key ingredient to success, I learned, is relying on not only the kindness of strangers, but the kindness of colleagues.

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 in television you have an ever-closer bond to the audience because they're inviting you into your living rooms and their bedrooms 16 hours a year. And they have that relationship with the characters and with the creators. And now, because of social media that's even a more significant connection.

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

You don't want people to look at something and think that was a fantastic special effect.

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.