All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet -- it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.

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

The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is.

Identity is something that you are constantly earning.

Captain, I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.

I'm pretty much good at heroic narratives and making people laugh.

Whatever makes you weird is probably your greatest asset.