"Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Colossus. Children of the atom, students of Charles Xavier. MUTANTS-feared a…"

"For me, the whole idea was that the number was small enough that they could be expunged if the world got determined a…"

"The problem is not staying on for 16 or 17 years -- I mean, theoretically anybody could do that. But the thing that m…"

"The X-Men, I did the natural thing there. What would you do with mutants who were just plain boys and girls and certa…"

"This was a period when we were experimenting with the atom bomb. People were wondering what the effects would be. Eve…"

"I couldn't have everybody bitten by a radioactive spider or exposed to a gamma ray explosion. And I took the cowardly…"

"Magneto’s an old terrorist bastard. I got into trouble—the X-Men fans hated me because I made him into a stupid old d…"

"Remember, the X-Men universe was created in the early '60s in the height of the American Civil Rights movement. So, t…"

"Scott Summers: Hanks articulate as anything, but what people see is mostly ... well, a beast. Emma's a former villain…"

"i not done with this fight yet."