The fact that you said "The same ___ apply" twice in the same post shows how much of a buzz-phrase that is for you. That's the issue you need to address. Why was it okay when it applied in those other instances? What about those other instances could inform how what you're suggesting could work?
Exactly! And then he says "I never said that", pretending that the meaning wasn't apparent in the earlier instances. Because he thinks it could still happen, he acts as though it might as well already be true. It's imposing his hypothetical desires and confusing them with fact. He says he won't write it, but it's very that he wishes he could. Or if he was an editor, that's what he would have writers do. He knows he's not in a position to make those dreams a reality. Doesn't stop him from telling everyone how to let them happen, though.