I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.

Whenever you're playing sports with people who are better than you are, it makes you rise to the occasion.

Well, we knew that we wanted to tell a story that made bold choices, and one of those bold choices was meeting a storm trooper and seeing who this person was. That's something that had never been done.

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.

When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.

Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time.

Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down.