Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.

The curse of comic book adaptations, when I was younger, was that the director or producer would go, "Don't worry about it, it's just a comic book."

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.

I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I feel my way along as I go, hoping I'll get to the place I intend to reach.