Leaders Don't Ever "arrive." If We Ever

Matthew Vaughn Phoned Me Up And He Said, "hey, Listen, The Movie Has Just Done Gangbusters. We've Got To Do The Second One." And I Was Like, "matthew, I Have No Second Book. Dave And I Haven't Done It," And He's Like, "you're Kidding!" He Said, "this Movie's Just Made $420 Million!" I Was Like, "...we've Got Nothing." So The Amazing Thing Was, Because We Own The Rights, We Still Get Paid And Everything, Which Is Fantastic.

I Spent As Much Time Writing Proposals In '98 And '99 As I Did Writing Scripts.

The Breadth Of The Potential Readership Is Also A Factor.

All My Kids Love Superheroes, But My Middle Daughter In Particular Is Obsessed With Wonder Woman And Batgirl.

There Probably Aren't A Lot Of New Superheroes Around, So Whenever One Appears, It Makes A Bit Of Noise. Really, Most Of The People Who Are My Friends Write Characters They Loved As Children. I Get That, As Well, Because That's Why I Got Into Comics. But I'm Also Taking This Massive Liberation Creatively, Going Off And Doing New Stuff. The First And Foremost Reason I Do It Is Because I Think They're Fun, And I Can Do Anything I Want. I'm Not Constrained By Continuity.