Superhero Life Quotes

There's this great panel - I forget what the actual comic is - of Spider-Man in the rain holding an umbrella and eating some Chinese takeout. It's like, that's the essence of 'Spider-Man.'

The thing that makes us root for Spider-Man as he swings across the city is that he's either having the time of his life or worrying about whether he'll be able to get a good grade on that English paper or whether or not he's going to make it home in time for Aunt May to make his dinner.

Things every person should have: •A nemesis. •An evil twin. •A secret headquarters. •An escape hatch. •A partner in crime. •A secret identity.

You do a couple of superhero things and then, all of a sudden, they want to get you because there may be some name value.

You think that it must be great to be Superman but it's also hard to be Superman, especially when growing up.

Every superhero has this superhero identity and a civilian identity. A lot of their lives are about code switching.

People know the broad strokes of what it's like to be Spider-Man, but I wanted to really get into the details.

It also helps that what Dan Slott is doing with Peter Parker in the comics has elevated him to something else, so that Miles Morales at the moment is the more traditional Spider-Man figure in the universe: the high school student trying to balance high school and superheroics, and he can't catch a break. That was Peter's role, but it's not his role anymore, and it's Miles' role. That was given to me, and it's pretty cool.

The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.

Wearing a cape doesn't do much for your social life.