I'm a big believer in the idea that while we are the sum of our tears, we are also the product of our choices in how we deal with those tears.

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

I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.

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.

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

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.

I think for any writer, creating and controlling your own property is the ultimate dream.