I didn't have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time.

The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator.

Much is written about the Batman because he is publicly exposed in print. Very little is known personally about his creator, because I haven't given out that many interviews.

It is difficult to separate, at times, the myth from the truth.

If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence.

I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman.

If you ever want to get the facts straight about me or the Batman, please write to the original source, myself, for the truth, instead of second guessing.

Batman has been acknowledged as a legend in my lifetime.

I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side.

This sounds like my autobiography, but I thought this would be a good time to sound off about myself, as I think that I have been silent too long about my views and opinions.

In the Golden Age of Batman, I penciled, inked, and lettered my strip by myself.

Fear is quite the anaesthetic

I always thought that life was about standing your ground, no matter how strong the current was. But going with the flow isn't so bad after all. As long as it takes you forward.

Never sign a valentine with your own name.

If you want to play a game, go to where it's played and find a way to get in. Things happen when you get in the game.

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this - Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.

I can sleep anywhere. I can fall asleep standing up, literally anywhere.

My own daughter is a big fan of the 'Twilight' stories, the books.

We are born with a lingering hunger We are born to be unsatisfied We are strangers who can't help but wander And dream about the other side.

Happiness is not a tangible thing, it's a byproduct - a byproduct of achievement.

[My parents] worked hard all week long, and the way they celebrated and rejoiced in life was by making music on weekends. And that music was Country Music.