Quotes from Jim Starlin

It has taken some time, but I know I've put my trust in the right team, and I'm excited to collaborate with Universal Cable Productions and Benderspink to bring 'Dreadstar''s unique brand of chaos to television.

There are forces at work you do not perceive. I weave a delicate strategy which rash actions could rend. Patience , please.

When I started in the comic book business, 'Art Of' books were strictly the provenance of the greats, like Rembrandt and Da Vinci. But times change, and so do attitudes. Now the comic is considered an art form, and I hope 'A Life in Words and Pictures' contributes a little to that art form's history.

As time went on, Thanos just sort of grew organically on his own.

If I hadn't had the outlet of writing and drawing comics, I guess there's a good chance I wouldn't be around today.

When folks are in desperate times - say, like being stuck in the middle of a long-running interplanetary war - they grasp onto anything that might keep them afloat.

I like my characters to go through some changes during a story arc.

Vietnam affected everything in life while it went on. My time in the service made it clear to me that what we were being told in our newspapers and newscasts, back in the States, wasn't half the story of what was really going on.

I was just as crazy as everybody else post-Watergate, post-Vietnam.

My only surprise when I saw Thanos up on the screen was how violet he was. I always saw his exposed hide as being more grayish violet.