There's Never A Time When I'm Not

Comics Are Stories; They're Like Novels Or Anything Else. So The First Thing You Have To Do Is Become A Good Storyteller.

The Movies Have Made The Comic Books Much More Valuable And More Respected.

The Cliché I Tried To Avoid Was I Hated "teenage Sidekicks." I Always Figured If I Were A Superhero, There's No Way On God's Earth That I'm Gonna Pal Around With Some Teenager. So My Publisher Insisted I Have A Teenager In The Series, Because They Always Felt Teenagers Won't Read The Books Unless There's A Teenager In The Story; Which Is Nonsense.

I Never Thought That Spider-man Would Become The World Wide Icon That He Is. I Just Hoped The Books Would Sell And I'd Keep My Job.

I'm No Prophet, But I'm Guessing That Comic Books Will Always Be Strong. I Don't Think Anything Can Really Beat The Pure Fun And Pleasure Of Holding A Magazine In Your Hand, Reading The Story On Paper, Being Able To Roll It Up And Put It In Your Pocket, Reread Again Later, Show It To A Friend, Carry It With You, Toss It On A Shelf, Collect Them, Have A Lot Of Magazines Lined Up And Read Them Again As A Series. I Think Young People Have Always Loved That. I Think They Always Will.