“After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.”

Don’t document bad code – rewrite it.

Life is mostly just learning how to lose.

The people that are surrounding me have my best interest.

I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.

I have been urging the leaders to listen to the aspirations and challenges of their own people, and engage in dialogue and take very bold measures. Normally, to their regret, these measures and bold reforms come too late, too little.

So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.

Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.

We can’t be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can’t be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.

I respect order and it really gave me the discipline to be a leader and not a follower. It also helped me stay out of trouble.

I think our nation faces enormous challenges, and we need leaders who are willing to tell the truth and do the right thing regardless of the consequences.