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.

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.

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

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.

The beautiful world is just one thought away. It's already there just waiting for us to realize and to accept it.

I remember watching him perform these endless, boring violin solos, with his long hair flowing behind him like an Afghan hound in a gale, and thinking, 'what a tosser.

If I could have banned them all...I would have!

The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.

If we could just find out who's in charge, we could kill him.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

We will all be far better spouses, parents, and leaders as we take time to grow in prayer.

The lightly-jumping, glowrin' trouts, That thro' my waters play.

Too many historical writers are the votaries of cults, which, by definition are dedicated to whitewashing warts and hanging halos.

As long as capital-both human and money-can move toward opportunity, trade will not balance.