There comes a point when you have to realize that the sum of all your blood, sweat, and tears will ultimately amount to zero.

I don't know if great times make great men, but I know they can kill them.

If I knew anything about what people wanted and was popular, I'd still be writing for 'Saturday Night Live'. I can only write what I want, and hopefully people will like it.

We live in such a service-based, globalised economy where very few people actually make anything and the people who do make stuff... it's all part of a massive global supply chain. So what if all those chains were suddenly cut, how would you make something? How would you keep people alive? And that was something I wanted to explore.

When I believe in my ability to do something, there is no such word as no.

I think the general anxiety of the 1960s - '70s spawned our interest in the living dead. When people worry about the end of their world, they need a safe vessel for all their fears. Zombies provide that vessel because they're 'safe.

Looking for love on the internet is like Janet Leigh asking Norman Bates if he likes her body.