Len Wein

Cartoonist

1948-06-12

Quotes by Len Wein

• 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.

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

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• 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.

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

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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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