Comics brought me to the dance. It'll always be my first loyalty.

My mom once told me that a good relationship isn't where the other person makes you feel better, but where they make *you* better.

I think there is a possible future where maybe we do just take a hard turn away from the Internet and we do start valuing our privacy again.

After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.

There are a lot of differing opinions on that. Some people think you should change out more, but I think changing just 20 percent is less stressful on the aquarium and fish. Once you get used to the regimen, it's pretty easy.

Happy endings are bullshit. There are only happy pauses.

I think a lot of creators are attracted to those toys they got to play with when they were young, and everyone wants to write a Superman story or a Batman story or a Spider-Man story. I don't know, if it's been successful for me, it should be successful for anyone. "Hit the ground with your feet running" is the secret of breaking new characters when it seems like no one else is having any luck.