People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.' I'm always saying 'That's super cool. That's nice of you to say.' But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out.

I love the irony of movies. I really do. For whatever reason, I'm incredibly intrigued by the irony of reality in a motion picture.

I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross.

I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.

When Reality is a prison, Your mind can set you free.

I always say 300 is a sci-fi movie as much as anything. It's like that could be another planet. It doesn't have to be earth necessarily. That's like when people get so wrapped up in the politics of 300 I always go, "By the way, that's a sci-fi movie. It's not really a historical film."

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.