Like everyone else, I am going to die. But the words - the words live on for as long as there are readers to see them, audiences to hear them. It is immortality by proxy. It is not really a bad deal, all things considered.

For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.

Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing.

I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows than I've ever done science fiction shows. I was on 'Murder She Wrote,' I was on 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' I was on 'Jake and the Fat Man.'

There can always be new beginnings... even for people like us.

The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.

I've changed my mind. I've decided that at the end I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered over someone I don't like.