Quotes from Len Wein

I consider myself the luckiest man in the world. I have spent a lifetime doing what I love.

My father brought me my first stack of comics, when I was seven years old and in the hospital. I was not a well child. And that's where my love for comics began.

If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong.

I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked.

I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.

I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to keep me occupied. I was hooked.

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.

I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design.

Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.

No seriously, I'm a 910-year-old time lord, tough as old boots . Eat me and you'll have terrible indigestion for the next twenty years. Don't say I didn't warn you!

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.

The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters calls themselves the Brotherhood of Evil or the Masters of Evil. I don't believe any character believes their goals to be truly evil.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

I've never had to work out of the arts. I've always either been a writer or an editor, or something where I've made my living from doing what I love. You can't get any better than that.

There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.

I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design.

I'm still a fanboy geek. I always will be. In many ways, if my work still resonates with the audience, it's because I'm still writing from the point of view of the fan, so I'm geeked out constantly.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.

I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.

What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.