Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need.

I'd rather make a show 100 people need to see, than a show that 1000 people want to see.

I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.

You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.

Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.