Greg Berlanti

TV's job is to make you lean in, and a film's job is to make you lean back. ”

I didn't happen to be one of those gay kids who knew definitively by the time I was 13. ”

People don't really see television shows and movies as different anymore. They expect the same quality. ”

I love telling stories. Creating a character, a world, a whole universe out of nothing. That part I can't get enough of. ”

There are a few reboots I'd love to see that I'd love to have nothing to do with! I'd love to watch just as a viewer. 'Quantum Lea' - someone should bring that back. I'd love to see another 'Star Trek' show on the air. I loved 'Buck Rogers'; someone should do that. But I don't want the responsibility of doing any of those things. ”

The thing that I probably enjoy the most and also am the best at in whatever art form I'm working in is being the protector of the emotional experience of the audience. ”

If I had to give odds, I would say 30 percent of whatever good fortune I've had in this business has been luck, and 50 percent has been casting - so that's 80 percent right there. And 20 percent is just working really hard and taking risks. ”

There were moments where Supergirl gets a thrashing in the pilot, where if a man in the 'Flash' or 'Arrow' pilot got beat up, people didn't visibly wince. And I watched in testing, people in the audience really became uncomfortable by the fisticuffs and the action. But then, they were elated and cheering at the end. ”

What I really appreciated about Obama in the last campaign was that he was not reactive, and we're such a reactive culture... It takes a certain strength to be patient and have a plan. ”

Television is ultimately a business of failure. You try a lot of things, and most of it fails. ”