“I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I am someone who enjoys change.” Quote by Cobi Jones
“What I wanted to do was drown something enormous, like a Star Trek or Star Wars kind of space opera-type thing, but actually make it about someone who was just married to the wrong guy, and that guy just happens to be this amazing dictator, and she has to get her kids as far away as possible from this guy. So something that could almost be a TV movie, if you'd ground it and set it in Wisconsin or something like that, but to give it this enormous setting.” IfsGivingKindWarHappensKidsWantedGuyStarsSpaceTvsTypeMarriedEnormousSettingSettingsOperaFar AwayDictatorThis GuyThat GuyWisconsinWrong Guy Author:Mark Millar
“You kind of worry for the characters in a way that you don't normally in sci-fi, because sci-fi tends to be about the ideas, and this is about people.” PeopleWayKindIdeasCharacterWorrySci Fi Author:Mark Millar
“It's been a very interesting exercise as a writer - writing a little family group, like The Incredibles or The Simpsons or something like that, and setting it in a big Star Wars-type setting. It's been really fun, definitely different from the kind of thing I normally do.” WritingKindLittlesDifferentWarBigsFunStarsInterestingGroupsTypeExerciseIncrediblesSettingSettingsVery Interesting Author:Mark Millar
“What I do with everything is take things out of real life. You encounter all sorts of stories. It's a lot of your friends and family, sometimes there's quite sad episodes in their life and everything. So just little things I've picked up along the years always find a way into all of my stories.” WayYearsLittlesRealSometimesStoriesReal LifeEncountersLittle ThingsEpisodesFamily And Friends Author:Mark Millar
“I always think it's a mistake when you actually have to set books aside and actually sit down and research something. I always think they've got to come from within.” ThinkingBookMistakeResearchDown And Author:Mark Millar
“The one thing we can all relate to is family, and family has its traumas sometimes. Sometimes things don't go well for people. Sometimes things are tough. So everybody kind of knows someone who's been in this situation before, and I think that's what makes it work.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsKindSometimesSituationOne ThingToughTraumaRelate Author:Mark Millar
“One of the things that made Star Wars work was the kids didn't know who their dad was.” KnowsMadeWarKidsStarsDad Author:Mark Millar
“I think most people know the concept of difficult family situations. So I try to just ground a very big concept in something we can all relate to on some level.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingBigsDifficultLevelsSituationConceptsRelate Author:Mark Millar
“All my kids love superheroes, but my middle daughter in particular is obsessed with Wonder Woman and Batgirl.” KidsWonderMiddleParticularDaughterObsessedSuperheroWonder WomanKids Love Author:Mark Millar