My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.

Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do.

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I'll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.

I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.

Superman didn't become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red "S", that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears - the glasses, the business suit - that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent. He's weak... he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race.

I don't have any bone to pick with critics. In fact, if I wasn't a filmmaker I would probably be a film critic. Most of my bone is I would be a better film critic than most of the film critics I read.

I am doing what I'm doing, and if you don't like it, don't go see it.