When I submitted samples, I had only written stories to give myself something to draw. I was told, "The art is good, but not quite professional yet. But, I like the writing." I've been a writer for almost a half a century. It's very cool.

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

You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.

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

I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.

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.