It's Just, It's Fun To Stay In

If You're Going To Write Something, That's Going To Be Read By People, A Lot Of People, You Hope It Will Not Only Entertain Them But Maybe Do Them Some Good In Some Way.

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.

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.

I Wanted Them To Be Diverse. The Whole Underlying Principle Of The X-men Was To Try To Be An Anti-bigotry Story To Show There's Good In Every Person.

Ideally, Anything One Writes Should Have A Social Conscience: If You Can Write A Story That Thrills, And With A Good Message, That's The Perfect Type Of A Story.