Brian J. Smith

“Anything by D. H. Lawrence or Jean Genet - 'Zen Mind,' 'Beginner's Mind' is my daily go to for non-fiction.”

“My favorite singer is Ella Fitzgerald.”

“I've been doing sci-fi for two years, and there is always something big going on. The stakes are always huge. You're fighting for your life, or you're dealing with personal stuff. It has rea...”

“What is it like to get in someone's head and hunt them from inside their eyes? That's so freaky to me.”

“First season of 'Survivor' - Richard Hatch was fascinating.”

“Juilliard. It was a brutal and beautiful experience.”

“I saw a production of 'The Seagull' at Dallas Theatre Center when I was in high school, and it really did a number on me.”

“You're not supposed to do a television series that takes place in nine cities all over the globe. Everyone will tell you that that's undoable.”

“When you think someone really has the upper hand, you realize that someone has been played the entire time, and there's a whole other layer where you think the person who is doing the playin...”