I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.

I think the purpose of deconstruction is to take something apart and see how it works. If you're not going to put it back together again and watch it go, what's the point?

I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think.

Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is, what theyre like, what kind of attitude they have, what sort of role they play.

I'm a writer. I just love telling stories.

The Hulk is rage personified, just, "I don't like something. Break it." And that's a great concept for a seven- or eight-year-old.

Dracula, if he could see modern corporations, wouldnt like them much. He took care of his people, at least as he saw it. They had very little freedom, but they had a protector.

I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.

The characters are, by their nature, archetypes that can serve different metaphors.

When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right.

I've always been positive about superheroes.

[There is a] quiet glory [in] merely making things, and then sharing those things with an open heart and no expectations.

That’s not a father. That’s a sperm donor. Forget him. He’s a mess. Concentrate on me. I’m terrific. -(Linc Blaise)

For discipline is imposed not just on oneself but on those in one's orbit.

I would rather believe that God did not exist than believe that he was indifferent.

Does your mother know that you're carrying a gun? I'm going to tell her. I'm going to call and tell her right now." Joe Morelli's mom

Dreams are guests who ensoul our lives if we have hospitality for them.

It became a question of do I want to be on a label where it could take three years to put out a record instead of putting out three records over the same period of time on my own.

I don't think film actors need training, really.

I love the training, love the competition, and I still feel like I'm progressing and getting better as a fighter.

I went on Love Island thinking I was quite headstrong but it turned out I was quite emotional.