If I kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.

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

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.

When Roseanne read the first script of mine that got into her hands without being edited by someone else she said, 'How can you write a middle-aged woman this well?' I said, 'If you met my mom you wouldn't ask'.

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.

I write for fanboy moments. I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. I write to do all the things the viewers want too. So the intensity of the fan response is enormously gratifying. It means I hit a nerve.

Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.