Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10, 000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.

You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire.

Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.

Poetry is a dividend from what you know and what you are.

What would I reclaim America as? I do want it to be a diverse country.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

Pay, pay anything rather than go to law.

Normally, when I read a script, it takes me two and a half hours. I usually put it down and come back to it. So, I know if I can read a script in one sitting, it's a fantastic script.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

The ultimate test of our integrity is not how we deal with those whom we agree but how we deal with those who we do not agree.

The secret of success is concentration ... Taste everything a little, look at everything a little; but live for one thing.