People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.

When you’re telling a story, you’re trying to connect to people in a particular way … The way in which you guys have inhabited this world, this universe, has made you part of it, part of the story. You are living in Firefly. When I see you guys, I don’t think the show is off the air. I don’t think there’s a show; I think that’s what the world is like. … The story is our lives.

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

If I wrote what I really think, I would be so sad all the time. We create to fill a gap - not just to avoid the idea of dying, it's to fill some particular gap in ourselves.

Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun!

As we all know, blinking lights means science.

When I was a kid, maybe 11, I remember saying, "When I grow up I wanna have enough money to buy a really cool car, because I won't."