Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today.

I'm just somebody who tries to write things that entertain people. And if I can do it in a way that makes them prefer to emulate the good guy than the bad guy, I'm happy.

The power of prayer is still the greatest ever known in this endless eternal universe.-The Watcher in The Avengers #14

Movies help the sales of the comics.

The thing to me that's fun is trying to make the characters seem believable, or realistic. And it's especially challenging when you're doing fantasy stories, when you're doing superhero types of things.

I am always nostalgic being in New York. Every neighborhood represents something to me. I lived here until I was 60 years old or so. So it was my life.

To tell you the truth, I never thought of myself as much of a success.