I thought working in other universes that had a lot of history - and I had personal affection for, like 'Sherlock Holmes' or the 'X-Men' movies - would prepare me for it. But the truth is, there is nothing and has never been anything like 'Star Wars.'

Simon Kinberg

The thing that's interesting about science fiction is that it is always, when it is done well, a lens on our world. And yet it is a metaphor.

Simon Kinberg

Should a story be readily told in a PG-13 fashion, it should be for creative, not business, reasons.

Simon Kinberg

There is a religion around 'Star Wars' that is different than even the fanaticism around comic books and other media.

Simon Kinberg

I think the best science fiction, especially literature, is political in nature and is often an allegory about something problematic in our world, and it's something that makes the 'X-Men' comics so relevant - they're about xenophobia and prejudice.

Simon Kinberg

In the 'Days Of Future Past' comic, the aim is to go back in time to preserve peace for the lives of mutants in the future.

Simon Kinberg

I hope that 'Gambit' doesn't take ten years, but it takes a little honing to get that tone and that voice exactly right. The character has such a specific voice in the comic, in the same way that Deadpool has a specific voice in the comic, that we want to make sure that we capture that voice on the page.

Simon Kinberg

The most important thing for me in an action sequence is, you understand the characters' intention and the challenges the characters are going to have to face: what the character story is within the action sequence.

Simon Kinberg

I write every first draft - almost every draft, but certainly the first - by hand on blank white pieces of paper, so I don't know how long it is as I'm writing; it just piles up, and then I input it all in my computer, and I learn how long it is.

Simon Kinberg

I thought working in other universes that had a lot of history - and I had personal affection for, like 'Sherlock Holmes' or the 'X-Men' movies - would prepare me for it. But the truth is, there is nothing and has never been anything like 'Star Wars.'

Simon Kinberg

I'm Jewish, so I don't know much about Easter eggs.

Simon Kinberg

All I can say is, death is a part of life.

Simon Kinberg

There are too many good comic book writers out there. I'd rather remain a fanboy.

Simon Kinberg

One movie I come back to time and again is 'The Hustler.' I don't think there's better dialogue in any film.

Simon Kinberg

Nothing lives up to what you imagine. It changes, shifts, becomes something else.

Simon Kinberg

I just want to keep learning.

Simon Kinberg

Part of what I love about producing is to get to work with writers.

Simon Kinberg

When you're a writer in Hollywood, you don't get to work with other writers. You barely get to meet other writers. We're interchangeable, disposable pieces that never really get to collaborate.

Simon Kinberg

I produce more movies than I write, but when I write, it is such an immersive, intense process that it probably takes as much or more time than producing multiple movies.

Simon Kinberg

When I'm writing a first draft of a script, I can disappear into that for two, three months exclusively.

Simon Kinberg

We take the R-rating on a case by case basis when the story warrants it and necessitate that rating, and shouldn't be hemmed by the rules of PG or PG-13.

Simon Kinberg