I'm Joan of Arc. I figured we had a lot in common, seeing as how I was almost burned at the stake. And plus she had that close relationship with God.

I write for fanboy moments. I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. I write to do all the things the viewers want too. So the intensity of the fan response is enormously gratifying. It means I hit a nerve.

How do you know your Colossus is the genuine article in the first place? I read his mind. I matched his DNA. I smelled him. I also did that.

In other news, it's been far too long since I gloated massively about the fact that I know what's going to happen on Buffy and you all don't.

The Hulk is like a haiku; you've got to find just the right words. I think, and I hope, we did that with The Avengers.

I'm well aware when they fired the starting gun I was halfway down the track, but I still ran as fast as I could for 25 years.

The problem is I want to do everything. I really love all of it, and I love every aspect of movie-making and storytelling, and I love television, I love the Internet. I wish I had time to do absolutely everything.