I think that 'The Shield' was a phenomenal series finale.

Connecting dots is not that rewarding of an experience.

I've always been fascinated by Disneyland and Disney World, and my favorite part of the park was always Tomorrowland.

There is no suspense in inevitability.

If you do something awesome, you should be proud of yourself.

All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.

Once you spend more than $100 million on a movie, you have to save the world.

In really, really good science fiction the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.

I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story.

The volume of twaddle from critics is directly proportional to the distance you keep from them. There is always room to spread your wings when you fly solo.

From the moment they’d met, their friendship had been leading to more…

I will preach with my brush.

I'm going to be doing exactly what I'm doing now - teaching people about animals.

Your financial success is directly related to the size of the problem you solve for other people (solve BIG problems and you'll make BIG money).

I hope that all the people I love will be happy.

I'm a huge fan of Cheetos.

I would very much like to strangle someone. Why don't you go away until I decide it isn't you?

I was never the kind of painter or sculptor who kept a shop.

Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.