Your subconscious is always working in the background, unlocking things and solving problems.

Time has a certain current to it, and it wants to flow in a certain direction.

You can save the city, but having the city be in jeopardy is one thing and having the people you care about be in jeopardy is another.

I'm a very big believer that the reason you've seen this huge surge in superheroes both on television and in film is...part of it of course is zeitgeist. There's no denying that there's a huge appetite on the part of the audience in both TV and film for these kind of adventures.

At some point if you're a professional writer, no matter what, it always comes down to you staring at the blank page by yourself.

I'm very fortunate in that all the mediums I work in are extremely collaborative. Movies are probably the most solitary on a day to day basis, but even then you have producers and studio executives to work with and bounce ideas off of.

When I first started writing, I had a very difficult time switching between projects, but now it's not only second-nature, it's indispensable: If I stall on one project, I can switch to another and stay productive.