I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.
But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love.
I love technology.
Success should always be just beyond your grasp.
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.
When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.
Nature is perfect.
The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we're looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying nature of being is weird.
Well-written words are music.
If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!
I love the concept of togetherness and the entwinement of marriage.
Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do you view the other's point of view?
How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.
You need to be silly to be funny.
My kids say if there's any family dinner that doesn't result in somebody crying, it's not a good dinner. They cry because it helps relieve them of a guilt or some onerous emotional burden. It's like a family tradition.
There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility.
We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.
Death is an absolute marvel.
Divorce is probably as painful as death.
My dad died of a stroke.