We all are big believers in the notion that as a species we are better together than we are apart, that the common core of our shared humanity is stronger than that which seeks to marginalize us and factualize us and turn us against each other.

Life isn't about the final moments, it's about the journey, it's about process. What makes Rocky work as a movie is seeing him working his way up from the streets to the arena and the fight of his life. You could just show that fight, and it would be great, but seeing that journey illuminates that fight and adds profound meaning to it.

Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.

I've changed my mind. I've decided that at the end I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered over someone I don't like.

Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous.

To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'

Everyone in the entertainment business gets crappy contracts when we start out, and into the middle of our careers. It's the nature of the business.