I was in the beginning when [comic book superheroes] started, but not anymore. Now I expect it. I've gotten very used to it.

We all wish we had super powers. We all wish we could do more than we can do.

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.

I guess one person can make a difference.

I'm a frustrated actor. My ... goal is to beat Alfred Hitchcock in the number of cameos. I'm going to try to break his record.

Life is never completely without its challenges.

No one has a perfect life. Everybody has something that he wishes was not the way it is.

Achilles, without his heel, you wouldn't even know his name today.

Comic books to me are fairy tales for grown-ups.

Everybody learns differently and everybody gets to a certain point from a different direction.

Comics are stories; they're like novels or anything else. So the first thing you have to do is become a good storyteller.

Be humble: have the courage to speak the truth.

You're still alive. That means you're winning.

I grew up in Florida, where if you weren't comfortable dancing, you weren't going to get any girls.

Stolen sweets are best.

...consciousness is a coherent whole, which is never static or complete, but which is in an unending process of movement and unfoldment.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

We think in language. The quality of our thoughts and ideas can only be as good as the quality of our language.

People have the right to their opinion and you have the right to ignore it.

To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility.

A father is a fellow who has replaced the currency in his wallet with snapshots of his kids.