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.

The idea to put episodes out weekly in theory makes as much sense as putting them all out at once.

The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.

I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it.

One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face; there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.

I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.

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