Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing.

Faith in God means believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity means believing absolutely in something with a huge amount of proof to the contrary. We are the true believers.

You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame.

I've been a Hillary Clinton supporter for a long time and I know that is not actually a popular position.

Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are crazy [people]. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all the time, sometimes on a weekly basis, we create horrible, incredible circumstances and then figure a way out of them. That's what we do.

Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience.

In production, in the first couple of weeks of production, that it was more like making an internet musical.