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.

I think exactly the same qualities as men [women role model needs], exactly the same, which is kindness, courage and intelligence.

You kind of worry for the characters in a way that you don't normally in sci-fi, because sci-fi tends to be about the ideas, and this is about people.

Your capacity to grow determines your capacity to lead.

One of the things that made Star Wars work was the kids didn't know who their dad was.

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.

I'm very lucky that I have this other career that runs alongside my comic career, which is a film career, and I've been given this really lovely setup where they seem to make the movies very quickly as well.