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.

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

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age seven, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. And I was hooked. When my eighth grade art teacher, Mr. Smedley, told me he thought I had actual art talent, I decided to devote all my efforts in that direction in the hope that I might someday get into the comics biz. I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design.

There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong.