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 think that the superhero-as-metaphor involves a superhero being some sort of intellectual, emotional, or other such concept writ large. But I don't know that it's a necessary part of the appeal that the superhero be superior.

It's fun to take a piece of formula and go someplace else with it and see what happens.

The metaphors exist for the stories.

I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.

I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the world, it would be the power to read or watch a creative work and absorb the technical skill of the people who made it. Because then I could have even more fun writing. That's my core identity.

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.