Not a word of my writing has ever been changed by another person's hands, and I don't think many screenwriters can say that.

I grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland in 1988 and there was just one year where suddenly all of the delivery kids that used to be boys were suddenly girls. It happened at our church too. Altar boys were suddenly altar girls. There was just this sense that all these young women knew there were openings here to be the first of their kind.

No. No, first comes boyhood. You get to play with soldiers and spacemen, cowboys and ninjas, pirates and robots. But before you know it, all that comes to an end. And then, Remo Williams, is when the adventure begins.

Victor: You guys have some kind of rallying cry? You know, "Avengers assemble?" "It's clobberin' time?" "Hulk smash?" Nico: "Try not to die.

I'm really happiest living life 22 pages at a time and putting things in little boxes on pages.

I'm still digesting the '90s. It takes some time to get perspective.

Just go out there and get your heart broken in, so it'll be ready when you really need it.