Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?

I've been telling people for 12 years that if you want to get a nuclear device into the United States, just bring it through the port of Miami disguised as cocaine.

There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.

I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

Surviving is much more painful than death.

Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know.

Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that..."