If anyone said to me 'invent a new monster so we can sell more toys', I'd kick them out of my office.

I think training in comedy, as it were, a history writing comedy, is a powerful tool for anyone.

It's a funny thing about stories. It doesn't feel like you make them up, more like you find them. You type and type and you know you haven't got it yet, because somewhere out there, there's that perfect thing -- the unexpected ending that was always going to happen. That place you've always been heading for, but never expected to go.

I don't want to think that the stories are finite; I want to feel that they can go on forever.

I stole your childhood and now I’ve led you by the hand to your death. But the worst thing is, I knew. I knew this would happen. This is what always happens. Forget your faith in me. I took you with me because I was vain. Because I wanted to be adored. Look at you. Glorious Pond, the girl who waited for me. I’m not a hero. I really am just a mad man in a box. And it’s time we saw each other as we really are. Amy Williams, it’s time to stop waiting.

Witty and mean is easy - but fond and funny is hard.

If anyone said to me 'invent a new monster so we can sell more toys', I'd kick them out of my office.