Likewise, I see no shame in writing Captain America or Wolverine.

Others control our opportunities, we control our readiness.

Even when I was a little boy, when I was seven, I absolutely loved Wonder Woman, and I saw her as one of the superhero greats with Superman and Batman, and I think it's because she was her own thing. She always felt like the real deal the same way that Superman and Batman did. Whereas the She-Hulks and Spider-Women and all that kind of thing felt like a continuation of a concept.

Your capacity to grow determines your capacity to lead.

What I do with everything is take things out of real life. You encounter all sorts of stories. It's a lot of your friends and family, sometimes there's quite sad episodes in their life and everything. So just little things I've picked up along the years always find a way into all of my stories.

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

I think most people know the concept of difficult family situations. So I try to just ground a very big concept in something we can all relate to on some level.