I Always Figure I'm Not Unique, And

These Stories Of People With Unusual Powers And Unusual Appearances, Who Do Unusual Things, People Are Always Fascinated By Them.

I'm The Chairman Emeritus, And According To My Contract I Am Supposed To Devote 10% Of My Time To Working For Marvel... And The Rest Of My Time, I Can Do Anything That I Wish.

I Had Been Writing Comic Books For Years And I Was Doing Them To Please A Publisher, Who Felt That Comics Are Only Read By Very Young Children Or Stupid Adults. And Therefore, We Have To Keep The Stories Very Simplistic... And Those Were All Things I Hated.

I Used To Be Embarrassed Because I Was Just A Comic-book Writer While Other People Were Building Bridges Or Going On To Medical Careers. And Then I Began To Realize: Entertainment Is One Of The Most Important Things In People's Lives. Without It They Might Go Off The Deep End. I Feel That If You're Able To Entertain People, You're Doing A Good Thing.

I Think Almost Everybody Enjoyed Fairy Tales When They Were Young, Tales Of Witches And Ogres And Monsters And Dragons And So Forth. You Get A Little Bit Older, You Can't Read Fairy Tales Any More.