People are disappointed when the world doesn't end on their watch.

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.

No good deed goes unpunished.

The greatest life is to share, to sacrifice and to serve.

Kids don't learn the fundamentals of baseball at the games anymore.

You know how we'd get along better? If everybody'd just remember how we're all related. White, black, Asian, skin. No difference. All the bloodlines go back to that one old mama in Africa.

You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.

Speed is relative. You have to live it. You can't just jump into it. You have to live it all the time.

"Death's a capricious thing, innit?" "Yes. Yes, she is."

As weird as it might seem to some people, there is nothing I love more than an empty house and the sound of silence.

If comedy duos don't like each other, it just won't work.

Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me.