Mark Waid

In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters. That is your only resumé. Be professional. Make sure…

— Mark Waid

The best stories, the most-fun 'Avengers' stories, explore the relationships between the characters.

— Mark Waid

Dialogue is one of the easiest ways to get character conflict across immediately in comics.

— Mark Waid

If you come into any creative project without questions, you're gonna bore yourself, and it'll show on the page.

— Mark Waid

In a perfect world, I'd like to start running comics for kids - by kids.

— Mark Waid

What sets 'Archie' apart from the many, many times I've reworked and rebooted long-standing characters is that this time, it was really…

— Mark Waid

I'm not a big fan of the George Lucas school of meddling and tinkering. That's a slippery slope.

— Mark Waid

By coincidence and not design, 'Everstar' is written and drawn by an all-female creative team, and it makes me smile to think…

— Mark Waid

There are other ways to create tension and drama than to have somebody stabbed through the back with a sword.

— Mark Waid

We have a lot of supergeniuses in the Marvel universe, but very few of them are women.

— Mark Waid

Years ago, I was asked to come up to do a store signing in Vermont. The short version is the two younger…

— Mark Waid

I think superheroes are about flying. They're not about moping.

— Mark Waid

I love what Max Landis is doing with 'Superman: American Alien.' That's a really good book.

— Mark Waid

I don't write stories about despair. I write stories about hope.

— Mark Waid

I'm a big fan of when you model a character as someone with a biological origin, doing deep dives and a lot…

— Mark Waid

I wouldn't mind taking a stab at... I'd love to take a shot at 'Doctor Strange' at some point.

— Mark Waid

I think comics are really - superhero comics are at their best and most primal when they're about joy and flying, and…

— Mark Waid

Each time I think I've made a connection with someone... once they find out what I can do, whether it's hours or…

— Mark Waid

The first rule of new media is nobody gets rich, but everybody gets paid, in a perfect world. Maybe you don't get…

— Mark Waid

I love print comics.

— Mark Waid

When I first did 'Empire,' it was a severe break from everything I'd written up to that point, which is all very…

— Mark Waid

Flash is about freedom; Flash is about expression. Flash is about just the joy of exuberant running and of freedom, and the…

— Mark Waid

Heroism is heroism, regardless of the timeframe or the backdrop.

— Mark Waid

The fun of writing established characters is that there's a rich mythology to draw from - you get to play with toys…

— Mark Waid

Every ongoing character has to start somewhere.

— Mark Waid