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.

My father brought me my first stack of comics, when I was seven years old and in the hospital. I was not a well child. And that's where my love for comics began.

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.

These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here.

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