What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.

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 think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

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.

When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.

The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?

People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.