- Tim Boxell: The Midwest may seem tranquil and civilized and so forth, but the fact is, you never know who's next door. You never know who's going to roll into town, you know, when the wheels are going to come off. It's like we're all, you know, one cough, one kiss, one scratch away from global disaster.
- William Linn: When a story comes from multiple people, and beyond the agency of multiple people, it has a special existence.
- Adam Egypt Mortimer: I can't help but think of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, and in this case it's the alien who's coming to dinner.