I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.

I think the purpose of deconstruction is to take something apart and see how it works. If you're not going to put it back together again and watch it go, what's the point?

I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think.

Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play.

I'm a writer. I just love telling stories.

The Hulk is rage personified, just, "I don't like something. Break it." And that's a great concept for a seven- or eight-year-old.

I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.

Dracula, if he could see modern corporations, wouldnt like them much. He took care of his people, at least as he saw it. They had very little freedom, but they had a protector.

The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.

When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right.

I've always been positive about superheroes.

Steel screams when it's forged, it gasps when it's quenched. It creaks when it goes under load. I think even steel is scared, son.

But stories are worlds. New worlds for us to visit. In stories, we live forever.

The technology we need most badly is the technology of community, the knowledge about how to cooperate to get things done.

I don't think there could ever be more pressure to succeed than the pressure I place on myself.

Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can’t accept their imperfections can’t accept grace either.

I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining.

We wanted to set a good example for the growing number of divers watching.

Life is but a fine wine to be sipped and favored.

So sweet love seemed that April morn, when first we kissed beside the thorn, so strangely sweet, it was not strange we thought that love could never change.

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.