Keep your expectations tiny you'll go through life not so whiney.

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.

I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for the future when the special effects are good' to represent what was in these books by Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Jack Vance.

Did you hear something?" "No." "Did I hear something?" "...I don't know.

If at first you don't succeed - give it up. It isn't worth the pain.

I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way to justify to myself all those wasted hours of watching TV as a kid. I can now look back and say, 'Oh, that was research.'

I didn't lie, I was writing fiction with my mouth.