“My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain.”

“Ray Bradbury was the first author that I was really exposed to back in grade school. I'm a big Philip K. Dick fan, but the emotion and humanity that Bradbury brings to his stories and the way he uses sci-fi to get at the human heart is something that's unique and for me incredibly influential.”