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

The metaphors exist for the stories.

The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.

I think the purpose of deconstruction is to take something apart and see how it works. If you're not going to put it back together again and watch it go, what's the point?

If I won the lottery tomorrow - which would be a real trick, since I haven't entered - and was independently wealthy for the rest of my life, I'd write comic books, because it's what I like doing.

Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play.

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