When the Seinfeld show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. Thor is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.

A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on what you can and can't do. But I enjoy that. Just like when you write a sonnet or haiku, there are rules you have to abide by. And to me, playing within the rules is the fun part. It keeps the brain fresh.

There can always be new beginnings... even for people like us.

I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest job in the world. I can get up every day and do what I love for a living.

When you walk into a movie theater, you don't walk out half-way through, and then come back the next day to watch the rest of it.

The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.

I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.