“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.”

“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.”

“Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.”

“Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing... but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything.”

“You and I and everybody in show business and the entertainment industry fly by the seat of our pants. We don't know quite what is going to happen.”

“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.”

“I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work.”