I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.

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

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

I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.

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 think that the reason you keep hearing that it's the golden age of TV is because original storytelling is happening all the time in that medium, and people are hungry for it. And I'm as guilty as anyone for being part of an industry that is capitalizing on existing stories, sequels, these things that we are seeing again and again and again.

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