Writers Are The Most Terrible Kleptomaniacs.

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.

Their Argument, And I Think It's A Correct One, Is That They'll Make More Money From The Trades And The Hardcovers If Nobody Messes With The Creative Team.

I'm A Huge Fan Of The Rod Serling Sci-fi, Where They Could Take The Most Odd And Enormous Ideas But Ground Them In Something Very Human.

The Breadth Of The Potential Readership Is Also A Factor.

Oddly, I Think If You Look At Comic Books, You Look At The Shelves In The Store, It's Predominantly Male Characters, Historically. But If You Look Outside The Window It's 52-percent Female, And Something Odd Is Going On There. So I Do Think It's Your Responsibility As A Writer, Really, To Create Stuff That Little Girls Can Get Into Too. I Want My Daughters To Have Role Models That Are Female.