No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.

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

When you're writing a story in bits and pieces, month in and month out, there really isn't time or space for reflection, no room to learn what those scripts had to teach you.

You can only have one voice on set, and that has to be the director.

There's a lot of comics writers out there whose work I appreciate and who are nice guys. I really want to work with guys I really respect and enjoy.

My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.

I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,' I was on 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' I was on 'Jake and the Fat Man.'