We talked about various aspects of what we wanted to talk about, Hillary [Clinton] and [Donald] Trump and down-ballot stuff, various issues. One of the things that it showed was you've got to use fear.

I respect the rules of TV, the rules of keeping things commercial and interesting and pop-y and fun.

I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the presence of any grander scheme.

Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need.

I loved teaching and I did a lot of work as a teacher's assistant in college, and my favorite experience was basically getting a laugh from a bunch of people because they had just understood something. Because I had shown them something they hadn't seen before, and it amused them. That's the combo platter. That's a perfect moment.

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.

You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.