"There is a lot of hype and fear about this much-talked-about prospect of designer babies."

"Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects."

"I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them."

"Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion."

"I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that is purely producing, not writing, with a writer named Evan Daugherty. It's for NBC, it's called 'Afterthought,' and it's science fiction-ish. That's fun."

"Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century."

"There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films."

"Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers."