The thing with the comics is that you have license to go down every alley your brain can think of.

When you're making a film, you have an obligation to fill the frame with life.

I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn't really happen in life is what I'm interested in. As a way of commenting on everything that does happen in life, because ultimately the only thing I'm really interested in is people.

This landing is gonna get pretty interesting. Define "interesting". "Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die"? [on speakerphone]: This is the captain: we have a little problem with our entry sequence so we may experience some slight turbulence, then explode.

If I had created reality television I would have had a much greater influence, but then I would have had to KILL MYSELF.

I believe we are the only sentient beings in the universe, and I believe that 500 years from now, we will still be the only sentient beings around.

I love all genres. The only thing I get stymied by is the Family Drama. I don't necessarily know how to approach that.