I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.

"Superhero" is a term that's been borrowed in order to say "big and larger than life and loud and active and dumb." And I don't think that's a useful definition. That's more a dismissal.

When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right.

If there's ever a character who can only serve one metaphor, I'll probably tell one story with that character and be done with it.

I've always been positive about superheroes.

I think James Bond is a spy. He's not superhuman. Calling him a superhero is like calling James Bond movies "comic-book movies."

I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think.