I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my job.

The more you read, the better you're going to become as a storyteller.

I've written so many things over the years that I don't want to go back to being just a scriptwriter. I'm in what I consider to be the enviable position of all I have to do is come up with the idea and write an outline that makes it seem like it's a viable idea that will interest people, and then other people write the scripts -- and I become the executive producer or the producer, depending on how much involvement I have, and I get a creative credit and then move on to the next project.

I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed. Beyond the meaning (of a work of art), it is important to people. Without it, lives can be dull.

Comics are stories; they're like novels or anything else. So the first thing you have to do is become a good storyteller.

You can't kill a good comic book series.

Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.