The villain is always more entertaining because he has fewer limitations. The hero is bound by honor, by justice and by the law, sometimes.

Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could.

I consider myself the luckiest man in the world. I have spent a lifetime doing what I love.

I'm still a fanboy geek. I always will be. In many ways, if my work still resonates with the audience, it's because I'm still writing from the point of view of the fan, so I'm geeked out constantly.

I've never had to work out of the arts. I've always either been a writer or an editor, or something where I've made my living from doing what I love. You can't get any better than that.

When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics.

I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.