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

We are in a tech-heavy society, plunging headlong into an unknown future. Science fiction is what allows you to stand back and analyze the impact of that and put it in context of how it affects people.

I am a huge zombie fan. I have probably seen the George Romero movies 100 times each, without exaggeration.

For me, there's nothing sexier than a woman who can argue me into the ground and outsmart me...a woman who knows her own mind and isn't afraid to speak it.

The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.

Budget grows out of the story. If you're writing a story with people caught in an elevator for most of the film, you're pretty sure it won't be a $200 million movie.

Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.