I assisted with Russ [Manning] for about eleven months and my day job for 5 days a week was credit manager and paint salesman for Sherwin-Williams.

I learned that, "Mike, you get your first job on your ability and every job after that on your dependability."

I have my heroes. Some of whom are still alive, and unfortunately many that aren't.

I found that the majority of people who stopped at my table [ at the Comic Con] last didn't even know who Winnie the Pooh was, and the new feature was just opening in the theaters.

I still have a lot my Disney store art left and if I ever run out I'll just redraw it, because it will still be my original art and as a freelancer I own it.

I did a dozen superhero pinups. I signed them "Kirby/Royer" because it was Kirby's drawing. I didn't think I was committing some sort of sin.

I will say that I'm proud of my connection to DC comics because they are absolutely fabulous in sending reprint royalty checks.

If you ever go to talk to an editor you don't want to be able to turn down a job because you can't do what is necessary.

I guess I've been naive my entire life.

Forty percent of my ideas came from my wife.

I started out wanting to be a straight adventure cartoonist, but in 1979 realized what my real bag was.

Listen to your soul it's calling you toward the life that is meant for you.

Be as advertised.

I am a perfectionist in spirit

If I look at the fighters that are coming through, fighters like Carl Froch for instance, do I worry about fighters like that? Course not, I could eat them for breakfast.

Faith is the willingness to look foolish.

I think we understand people frustration. We certainly don't want to make it worse.

Haymitch said you'd take a lot of convincing.

When your effort results in the desired effect, then you have worked.

Technological measures are important, but equally important is... a consciousness of the commonality of all living beings and an emphasis on shared responsibility.

Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.