I'm a fast writer.
— J. J. Abrams
The goal is always to do B material in an A fashion.
I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be.
All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.
'Star Trek' was always a little bit closed emotionally. I never connected to the characters.
I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
I love recording music.
As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.
Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like.
I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds of anything they do and you'll know exactly who directed it. I don't have that skill.
I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.
You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised.
One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face; there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.
The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.
I was never really a comic-book fanatic.
What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
