I always felt that if we ever encountered an alien species, they wouldn't look like us or even be humanoid, like 'E.T.'

Superman is not as innately cool as Batman.

I relate to the feeling that Da Vinci was often plagued by the idea that what he did wasn't good enough, that he was his harshest critic. He'd sometimes destroy what he was working on.

I believe when you're writing film or television, you can't rely on a crutch or rule that exists outside of the narrative of the film.

I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise. It's the stuff that I love writing about. I like creating worlds.

Da Vinci always seemed like the prototype Tony Stark to me.

I think if we ever encountered aliens, even communicating with them would be really, really difficult.