I'm Just Somebody Who Tries To Write

I Don't Expect Every Movie To Be Done Exactly The Way I Would Have Done It.

We Have Enough To Do Just Trying To Make Our Company What We Want It To Be. As Far As Whether I Would Like To Own Marvel, Sure, I'd Like To Own Marvel.

When You Work With People Whom You Like And You Admire Because They're So Good At What They Do, It Doesn't Feel Like Work. It's Like You're Playing.

... And We Talk It Out. Lately, I've Had Roy Thomas Come In, And He Sits And Makes Notes While We Discuss It. Then He Types Them Up, Which Gives Us A Written Synopsis. Originally - I Have A Little Tape Recorder - I Had Tried Taping It, But Then I Found No One On Staff Has Time To Listen To The Tape Again Later. But This Way He Makes Notes, Types It Quickly, I Get A Carbon, The Artist Gets A Carbon ... So We Don't Have To Worry That We'll Forget What We've Said.

From 1940 To About 1960, I Had Been Writing Just Regular Comics, The Way My Publishers Wanted Me Too. He Didn't Want Me To Use Words Of More Than Two Syllables If I Could Help It. He Didn't Want Me To Waste Time On Worrying About Good Dialogue Or Characterization. Just Give Me A Lot Of Action, Lot Of Fight Scenes.