In the U.S., Superman or Batman or something, the law-enforcement people, are the most famous comic characters. Americans have a respect, I think, for badges and a respect for uniforms. I think that's, in some ways, quite a nice thing, but it can be dangerous, too, because it can obviously be abused.

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.

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

I always think it's a mistake when you actually have to set books aside and actually sit down and research something. I always think they've got to come from within.

Wanted has gone into second, third and fourth printings of the individual issues and the north American printings of Wanted #1 are now close to 100,000.

All my kids love superheroes, but my middle daughter in particular is obsessed with Wonder Woman and Batgirl.

Many of our leadership practices have gone from being tried and true to being tired and tarnished.