The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.

To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'

Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. You can travel further with both than you can with just one.

I think for any writer, creating and controlling your own property is the ultimate dream.

A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on what you can and can't do. But I enjoy that. Just like when you write a sonnet or haiku, there are rules you have to abide by. And to me, playing within the rules is the fun part. It keeps the brain fresh.

There are people in life, who show you how to live. There are people in life, who show you how to die.

It's been amazing to watch, because for Thor, which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment.