Every day, there's a new development. ... There's no limit to the things that are happening.

Comic books to me are fairy tales for grown-ups.

I'm not that familiar with Andrew Garfield, but if the powers that be chose him, I'm sure he'll be good.

I never really am concerned about the political landscape of the day when I'm writing because no matter what it is, it will change. By the time my stories come out, it will have changed. So I never think much about that.

To my way of thinking, whether it's a superhero movie or a romance or a comedy or whatever, the most important thing is you've got to care about the characters. You've got to understand the characters and you've got to be interested. If the characters are interesting, you're half-way home.

I think it's just the challenge. It's not that all my life I've wanted to do characters [in Marvel] , because I never particularly thought about it, but the challenge of saying, "How could they be done differently that may be more absorbing or more effective?"

I'm very proud of being a hack. It's why I've lived as long as I have, I think.