I have had a dream my whole life... and it was not this good.

I am not made of steel. Rage. I...am made... of RAGE!!!!

I love a straightforward character. I am the guy who loves Cyclops on the 'X-Men', because he is square.

Women all live a double standard, but this is actually sort of a beautifully grotesque parody of it. There's a weird kind of joy that I have in seeing [Hillary Clinton] trounce this essence of male bullshit.

You know, the thing that I do to waste time is think of things I want to make. That's how my mind is employed.

People always say I write a lot of pop culture references. Can somebody please count the pop culture references in 'Firefly?' Because I don't know how to put this to you, but there was one. I referenced The Beatles in the pilot.

People want the tragedy. They need things to go wrong, they need the tension. In my characters there’s a core of trust and love that I’m very committed to. These guys would die for each other, and it’s very beautiful. But at the same time, you can’t keep that safety. Things have to go wrong, bad things have to happen.