Len Wein Quotes
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I consider myself the luckiest man in the world. I have spent a lifetime doing what I love.
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I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.
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A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.
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The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?
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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.
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It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.
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Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff.
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Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.
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The curse of comic book adaptations, when I was younger, was that the director or producer would go, "Don't worry about it, it's just a comic book."
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When I submitted samples, I had only written stories to give myself something to draw. I was told, "The art is good, but not quite professional yet. But, I like the writing." I've been a writer for almost a half a century. It's very cool.
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If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong.
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The villain is always more entertaining because he has fewer limitations. The hero is bound by honor, by justice and by the law, sometimes.
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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 character, you are minimalizing the character.
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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, a middle, and an end.
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I've always been the audience that I wanted to reach, so I write for myself.
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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.
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I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I feel my way along as I go, hoping I'll get to the place I intend to reach.
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I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.
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I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important.
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People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.
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I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt.
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I would like immortality.
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I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow.
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I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past.
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I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.
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Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.
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In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.
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I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.
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These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here.
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When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics.
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