I have a reputation for doing superheroes, but I like all kinds of writing. In fact, hardly anybody knows this, but I've probably written as many humor stories as superhero stories.

Singing a song, playing sports - anything that entertains, that takes people away from their own problems, is good.

... And we talk it out. Lately, I've had Roy Thomas come in, and he sits and makes notes while we discuss it. Then he types them up, which gives us a written synopsis. Originally - I have a little tape recorder - I had tried taping it, but then I found no one on staff has time to listen to the tape again later. But this way he makes notes, types it quickly, I get a carbon, the artist gets a carbon ... so we don't have to worry that we'll forget what we've said.

I had been writing comic books for years and I was doing them to please a publisher, who felt that comics are only read by very young children or stupid adults. And therefore, we have to keep the stories very simplistic... And those were all things I hated.

I think the way you become a good storyteller is to read a lot of stories and evaluate them in your own mind.

Negative information is that which, immediately upon acquiring, causes the recipient to know less than he did before.

To me, writing is fun. It doesn't matter what you're writing, as long as you can tell a story.