 Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes. |
| I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me. |
| What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has. |
| I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core. |
| I would like immortality. |
| I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important. |
| A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. |
| The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters calls themselves the Brotherhood of Evil or the Masters of Evil. I don't believe any character believes their goals to be truly evil. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed. |
| I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point. |
| You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end. |
| Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff. |
| I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt. |
| I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips. |
| 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. |
| When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine. |
| It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on. |
