I think if you are writing something that you are trying to design for someone else to like that is not necessarily you're demographic, it is a much harder road.

I'm always looking for the idea in a scene or the philosophy that makes a scene worth existing beyond exposition.

I love that India has declared dolphins non-human people with all laws that apply to human. I'm fascinated with the alien-ness of that.

Relationships are now off-kilter.

I'm not always successful, but I take my job as a storyteller very seriously and want to make sure the audience has as much fun watching it as I am creating it.

I think you have to write what you want to watch.

As an insecure writer, I'll finish a scene and worry there's a better version of it. Or it could be elevated somehow.

I think accessibility is what often denies horror its deserved attention. So it all depends on the execution and whether mainstream audiences can accept it.

You can't measure a dog's intelligence by giving him a verbal test 'cause it's not on their scale, but that doesn't mean they're not intelligent creatures.

International broadcasters are often dependent on an American home broadcasting network, so it changes the game entirely.

Jesus Christ, being 2000 years old and some change, is a relatively "new" god of the older god category - and has done quite well for himself, in terms of worship.

Arise, my love, let us try to set these ashes on fire again!

Be conscious of the global elements in your dreams. When starting local, dream of taking it global sooner.

The sickening pang of hope deferr'd.

God's mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, or make space too narrow, than diminish the great mercy of God.

Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.

At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable.

Luck always plays a part for everyone, whether they want to admit it or not. I was very lucky, and I know it.

Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.

I really love him [Jack Gleeson as Joffrey in Game of Thrones] - I love watching that character. It's quite phenomenal how people love to hate that character.

Blind is his love, and best befits the dark.