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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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