Complex sentence: In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Espenson noted, "I'm not sure that we would have gone forward (with the show) other than that great response", and also referred to the donations as a "huge gift".
Split into simpler sentences: In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Espenson noted, "I'm not sure that we would have gone forward (with the show) other than that great response". Espenson referred to the donations as a "huge gift".