I'm Very Proud Of Being A Hack.

In The Beginning Marvel Created The Bullpen And The Style. And The Bullpen Was Without Form, And Void; And Darkness Was Upon The Face Of The Artists. And The Spirit Of Marvel Said, Let There Be The Fantasic Four. And There Was The Fantasic Four. And Marvel Saw The Fantasic Four. And It Was Good.

Once, I'd Written A Western Story, And One Of The Panels Was Just A Hand Holding A Six-shooter, And There Was A Puff Of Smoke Coming Out Of The Barrel, And A Straight Horizontal Line, Indicating The Trajectory Of The Bullet. So That Page Was Sent Back To Me From The Code Office, Saying That The Particular Panel Was Too Violent. I Asked Them What They Meant, And They Told Me--i Swear--"the Puff Of Smoke Is Too Big." Well, Of Course. So I Had The Artist Make The Smoke A Little Smaller, And The Youth Of America Was Saved.

If I Got A Superpower I Wouldn't Say, Oh, I Got To Get A Costume And Put On A Mask. I Would Say Hey, I Can Do Something Better Than Other People. How Can I Turn It Into A Buck?

I Hate Being Too Serious About Anything. If I'm With My Friend, I Want To Be Having Fun With Him Or Her. And If Anybody Is Reading My Story, I Want Them To Be Not Only Reading The Story, But I Want Them To Feel They're Having Fun; That They're Enjoying It. So Any Way You Can Make It More Informal, More Fun-filled, More Amusing - Instead Of Just A Dry Story That Goes On And On - If There's Any Way To Do That, I Like To Try And Do It.

So I'm Happiest When I'm Working With Artists And Writers, And Involved In Stories, Whether We're Talking About Animation Or Movies Or Comics Or Television.