Jesus, man. Why do people want to be Paris Hilton and nobody wants to be Spider-Man?

Their argument, and I think it's a correct one, is that they'll make more money from the trades and the hardcovers if nobody messes with the creative team.

When you don't have time to do your job, that's a good indication you're playing the wrong game.

The heart is a muscle, and you strengthen muscles by using them. The more I lead with my heart, the stronger it gets.

When you expect the best from people, you will often see more in them than they see in themselves.

Matthew Vaughn phoned me up and he said, "Hey, listen, the movie has just done gangbusters. We've got to do the second one." And I was like, "Matthew, I have no second book. Dave and I haven't done it," and he's like, "You're kidding!" He said, "This movie's just made $420 million!" I was like, "...We've got nothing." So the amazing thing was, because we own the rights, we still get paid and everything, which is fantastic.

Cookbooks are almost a substitution for a lost sense of culture. People want some other life than the one they're living, so they buy a cookbook with pictures and imagine themselves as part of that life.