To have someone like Clint Eastwood come along and shoot your first draft as written is just any screenwriter's dream. And Clint is very straightforward. If it's good enough to get his attention, it's good enough to produce.

I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.

Writing is the process of asking the next logical question.

If your going to have delusions, you might as well go for the really satisfying ones.

Science fiction shows are traditionally about the gimmick or the gadget and tend to be emotionally cool to the touch.

The hardest thing in the world is to stand alone. Your friends will not understand, will resent you, will want you to just stop it and let life go back to where it was. But you have to follow the quiet turning of your own considered conscience. It's a hard road.

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.