You come out of each movie just thinking, "God, if we can fool them into letting us make just one more, we can get it right."

I bristle a little when the argument for film gets put into the nostalgia ghetto. Film is still the highest quality and best-looking image capture medium available. I don't think it always will be. The digital image will get better, and it will eventually surpass the quality of the film image, but it isn't there yet.

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.

My favorite sci-fi always uses its hook to amplify some bigger theme or idea - some emotional thrust.

It's best if I stay out of future plans and let time go on.

Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is, instead of constructing it upwards.

Well, you know, we all grew up as 'Star Wars' fans.