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.

The curse of comic book adaptations, when I was younger, was that the director or producer would go, "Don't worry about it, it's just a comic book."

I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked.

I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.

I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow.

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

There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.