In Fact, I Was Too Dumb To

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.

Comic Books To Me Are Fairy Tales For Grown-ups.

When You Can Sit Down With A Plain Sheet Of Paper In Front Of You And Make Some Notes, And, Little By Little, You See It Take Shape And Become A Concept For A Movie Or A Tv Show. That's A Real Thrill. You Watch It Go From Notes On A Paper To A Meeting With Writers And Directors And Actors. I Can't Think Of Anything That's More Exciting.

The Comic Book Industry Has Turned Into The Wellspring For All Of These Movies That Are All Based On The Comic Books.

No Matter What You Write, It's A Matter Of Putting Words In A Certain Order So That The Reader Will Be Interested In What You're Writing.