I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

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

My father brought me my first stack of comics, when I was seven years old and in the hospital. I was not a well child. And that's where my love for comics began.

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

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

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.

I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me.