My problem is that the audience is more fiction-literate than ever. In Shakespeare's day, you probably expected to see a play once or twice in your life; today you experience four or five different kinds of fiction every day. So staying ahead of the audience is impossible.

When man invented fire, he didn't say, "Hey, let's cook." He said, "Great, now we can see naked bottoms in the dark.

You don't want to take over the universe. You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it.

I always tend to favor the newer idea.

Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring.

Brainy's the new sexy.

I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose.