Len Wein Quotes

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• I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.
• I was a very sickly kid. While I was in the hospital at age seven, my Dad brought me a stack of comic books to…
• I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the point of the…
• Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.
• I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design.
• You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning,…
• I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.
• Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I…
• These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here.
• When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.
• In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able…
• I would like immortality.
• I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow.
• I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.
• A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.
• A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.
• There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.
• I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.
• I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past.
• I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

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