I Had Very High Respect For The

My Monsters Were Lovable Monsters. I Gave Them Names - Some Were Evil And Some Were Good. They Made Sales, And That's Always Been My Prime Object In Comics.

I Feel That My Characters All Have Some Part Of My Character. I Feel That They're All Me In Some Way, Certainly Not In Individuality, But They All Bear Elements Of What I Feel.

Of Course, Mothers Were Very Conventional, Everything Was Very Conventional. You Had To Have Approval.

I Don't Want To Take Somebody Else's Beating. That Makes Me Unhappy.

There Were Very Strict Social Conventions, And You Adhered To It, And I Think It Gave You A Lot Of Character. When A Man Said Something, He Meant It. He Wasn't Kidding Around. There Were No Jokes Involved. Nobody Was In The Mood To Joke Unless You Hit A Guy With A Baseball Bat.