Len Wein

A true friend is someone who is there for you when they would rather be someplace else.

— Len Wein

I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age 7, my Dad brought me a stack of…

— Len Wein

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

— Len Wein

I'm still a fanboy geek. I always will be. In many ways, if my work still resonates with the audience, it's because…

— Len Wein

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

— Len Wein

Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff.

— Len Wein

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

— Len Wein

It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision.…

— Len Wein

I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age seven, my Dad brought me a stack of…

— Len Wein

I've always been the audience that I wanted to reach, so I write for myself.

— Len Wein

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

— Len Wein

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to…

— Len Wein

I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the…

— Len Wein

My father brought me my first stack of comics, when I was seven years old and in the hospital. I was not…

— Len Wein

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

— Len Wein

These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here.

— Len Wein

There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists,…

— Len Wein

I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.

— Len Wein

The villain is always more entertaining because he has fewer limitations. The hero is bound by honor, by justice and by the…

— Len Wein

When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.

— Len Wein

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

— Len Wein

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

— Len Wein

When I submitted samples, I had only written stories to give myself something to draw. I was told, "The art is good,…

— Len Wein

Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes…

— Len Wein

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

— Len Wein