I thought it would be great to do superheroes that have the same kind of life problems that any reader - that anybody could have.

I'm sort of a pressure writer. If somebody says, "Stan, write something," and I have to have it by tomorrow morning, I'll just sit down and I'll write it. It always seems to come to me. But I'm better doing a rushed job because if it isn't something that's due quickly, I won't work on it until it becomes almost an emergency and then I'll do it.

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

I thought it would be great to do superheroes that have the same kind of life problems that any reader - that anybody could have.

Quality. That's the first word, the one word that comes to mind when I think of the books published by Abrams. In a world where so many companies are willing to cut corners, to do things the easy way in order to enhance the bottom line, it's gratifying to know that there's one company that obviously takes such pride in its finished product, one company that can always be counted on to design and produce a book that is, itself, as much a work of art as the illustrations on its pages.

I think people have always loved things that are bigger than life, things that are imaginative.

I always sympathized with the people who did work for hire; I was one of them.