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I consider myself the luckiest man in the world. I have spent a lifetime doing what I love.

I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me.

The curse of comic book adaptations, when I was younger, was that the director or producer would go, "Don't worry about it, it's just a comic book."

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 always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

I would like immortality.

I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design.

In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you.

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.

I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow.

Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff.

There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.

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

When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.

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.

The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.

I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past.

I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important.

If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong.

I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.

I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt.

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.

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

What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.

I've always been the audience that I wanted to reach, so I write for myself.

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could.

There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.

These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here.

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

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.