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

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.

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

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

I've always been positive about superheroes.

And here's to the blues, the real blues— where there's a hint of hope in every cry of desperation.

Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.

Her gaze collided with the duke’s. His eyes were a clear, pale green. Why was he staring so intently when there was hardly another woman less interesting than she?

The world is governed by opinion.

I don't think there's such a thing as an evil animal.

Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability.

Certainly, you know, you can always learn from some - from somebody else's - from some intelligence. I think. I hope.

The thinking of the world leads us to think shallowly and act too quickly.

Elvis was always over the top. That's why he had that gold lamé suit! He designed his jumpsuits himself. He always said, "If you're going to be a star, you should look like one."

The ambition of every good cook must be to make something very good with the fewest possible ingredients.