Failure Is An Option, Fear Is Not.

So Much Of Literary Sci-fi Is About Creating Worlds That Are Rich And Detailed And Make Sense At A Social Level. We'll Create A World For People And Then Later Present A Narrative In That World.

What Are You Gonna Do, Talk The Alien To Death?

If You Wait Until The Right Time To Have A Child You'll Die Childless, And I Think Film Making Is Very Much The Same Thing. You Just Have To Take The Plunge And Just Start Shooting Something Even If It's Bad.

There Seems To Be A Lot Of Excitement Around Something That, To Me, Is A Yawn, Frankly.

I Tend To Like Strong Female Characters. It Just Interests Me Dramatically. A Strong Male Character Isn't Interesting Because It Has Been Done And It's So Cliched. A Weak Male Character Is Interesting: Somebody Else Hasn't Done It A Hundred Times. A Strong Female Character Is Still Interesting To Me Because It Hasn't Been Done All That Much, Finding The Balance Of Femininity And Strength. [from A 1986 Fangoria Interview]