I've done so many superhero comics, and I've actually just been really excited about sci-fi, and Chrononauts and Starlight were both sci-fi, which I had a great time doing.

I think most people know the concept of difficult family situations. So I try to just ground a very big concept in something we can all relate to on some level.

I spent as much time writing proposals in '98 and '99 as I did writing scripts.

Guess that's thirty-one pieces of silver you've got now, huh? Sleep well, Judas.

Writers are the most terrible kleptomaniacs.

The big thing is it's a domestic drama. Everything else in science fiction tends to be high-concept. Really for the last 40 years or so I think sci-fi's been a little cold and a little inhuman quite often - certainly since the 1980s - and I really wanted to do something that almost felt like a regular, real-life drama but just set it in a sci-fi setting. I think the best stuff is always like that.

I'm just running through this list of potential nannies and wondered if we should go for a superhero this time. Do you think Wolverine would be interested? He seems to be on every other team right now.