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

I quickly said that, because of my loyalty to 'Star Trek' and also just being a fan, I wouldn’t even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I’d rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them.

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

I don't think I have a signature.

Cameron Crowe is someone who I've admired for so long, and I've been friends with him for many years, and I've wanted to work with him so badly that I just never stopped bothering him about writing a script that would be for a pilot.

I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important.

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.