"It’s the inherent goodness in him, I think. As much as people say “oh it’s boring,” it’s not. It’s everything that… People want to be around good people. And he will quite happily let you feed off his goodness and his energy, and he will give to everyone constantly. And that’s what the comic books are about; it’s about doing the right thing. Having those good people in your life and being a good person to other people… And it makes people feel good. When you do the right thing just because, afterwards, it feels good, it feels right somehow.
[…] And above and beyond all that, hope. He just represents hope. And in every walk of life, we need it. Throughout history, we’ve needed it. Human history… And we’ll continue to need it for the rest of our futures."