When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.

I try to impart this when people say they want to be a writer and they want to go into show biz. I say, "Well, have you taken any courses? You can't just have a passion for it; you have to prepare yourself for a life of it."

I grew up in California. I was outside of the city, not directly in it. So I did have an experience of the sky, but for me, it was the idea of space exploration that fueled my interest. I grew up in that age of the astronauts, and I was fascinated that we could leave the Earth.

It was tough when people would say, "Aren't you so excited?" about the new show and I couldn't really say, "Yes, well, I'm going through a divorce right now, too."

There's a lot of magic in science, so to speak.

You could be a music prodigy at age 4, like Mozart, but you can't be a writing prodigy.

Science was the known and then people would place God in the unknown, like God explained the unknown.