Quotes by Len Wein - Page 1

I would like immortality.
Len Wein / Writer
Immortality
Lenses
Like Would
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I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.
Len Wein / Writer
Fingertips
Fire
Lenses
Rays
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It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.
Len Wein / Writer
Depends
Lenses
Office
Sides
Sitting
Side
Desk
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I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.
Len Wein / Writer
Character
Crazy
Hate
Neurotic
Certain Point
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A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.
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Buying
Lenses
Matter
Writing
Work Your Matter
Writer
Work Your Someone
Period
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I've always been the audience that I wanted to reach, so I write for myself.
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Audience
Wanted
Writing
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Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff.
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Done
Lenses
Lord
Rings
Thinking
Brilliantly
Lord Of The Rings
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I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.
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Art
Book
Thinking
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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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Best Friend
Friendship
Friends
Patience
Smile
Clever
True Friend
True Friend True Friend
Friendship True Friend True
Anywhere
Anywhere Else
Who
True
Someone
He
You
Friend
Else
Rather
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I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me.
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Nature
New York
Birth
Character
Creating
Neurotic
Second Nature
York
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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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Lenses
Seems
These Days
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I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.
Len Wein / Writer
Best Effort
Judgment
Lenses
Owed
Realized
The Only Thing
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I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt.
Len Wein / Writer
Clue
Editors
Years
Butt
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I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past.
Len Wein / Writer
Mess
Past
Thinking
Trying
Dishonest
Inherently
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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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Men
Lifetime
World
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What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.
Len Wein / Writer
Lenses
Reader
Stories
Visceral
Connect
Effect
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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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Art
Beholder
Eye
Mistake
Posterity
Always
Mistakes
Only
Out
Eyes
Point
Right
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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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Character
Core
Despicable
Lenses
Sympathetic
Trying
Worst
Character Find Try
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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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Lenses
Rooms
Trying
Violate
Wiggle
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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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Ifs
Lenses
Stories
Finish
Unable
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Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.
Len Wein / Writer
Concern
Lenses
Looks
Titles
Unfortunately
Title
Whose
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Never be embarrassed by the things you cannot do. Be embarrassed by the things you can do and don't do well.
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Can Do
Embarrassed
Wells
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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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Differences
Important
Lenses
Plot
Sat
Theme
Me Important Never
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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.
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Giving Up
Lenses
Writing
Myself Done Never
Draw
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When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.
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Caught
Firsts
Glimpse
Instant
Lenses
Breath
Hugh
Wolverine
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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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Home
Captivating
Halfway
Ideas
Lenses
Single
General
Home Better Your
Encapsulate
Sentence
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I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design.
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Art
Design
Advertising
College
School
Art Design School
Major
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There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.
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Ancient
Destroyed
Legends
Lenses
Legend
Instantly
Origin
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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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Bottom
Bottom Line
Character
Humanity
Lenses
Reader
Remains
Basic
Line
Resonate
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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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Kids
Age
Dad
Book
Comic
Hooked
Age Dad Me
Brought
Hospital
Occupied
Stack
Sickly
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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.
Len Wein / Writer
Jobs
Cry
Done
Laughing
Lenses
Semantics
Writing
Job
Rest
Laugh
Tell
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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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Hero
Justice
Law
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There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.
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Age
Artist
People
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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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Book
Directors
Worry
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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 to hire you.
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Becoming
Beginners
Harder
Lenses
People
Work Your People
Beginner
Work People Your
Hire
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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 did the best I could.
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Lenses
Stories
Way
God Best Time
Product
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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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Different
Dozen
Lenses
Textbooks
Rules
Basic
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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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Cerebral
Feels
Lenses
Way
Writer
Myself Always Feel
Myself Way Feel
Hoping
Intend
Organic
Reach
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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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Character
Concerned
Looking Good
People
Sake
Series
Good Looking Good Looking
Good Looking People
Readers
Sacrificed
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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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Children
Father
Years
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When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.
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Differences
Editors
Feels
Writing
Begin
Draft
Editor
Major
Rarely
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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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Character
Gay
Thinking
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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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Art
Editors
Love You
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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. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision.
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Editors
Food Chain
Obliged
Stories
Vision
Chain
Editor
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I'm still a fanboy geek. I always will be. In many ways, if my work still resonates with the audience, it's because I'm still writing from the point of view of the fan, so I'm geeked out constantly.
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Views
Way
Writing
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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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Believe
Brotherhood
Character
Evil
Masters
Believes
Calls
Comics
Group
Unrealistic
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Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback.
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Feedback
Finished
Gone
Lenses
Positive Feedback
Stories
Written
Complete
Failures
Generate
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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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Art
Giving
Writing
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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 keep me occupied. And I was hooked. When my eighth grade art teacher, Mr. Smedley, told me he thought I had actual art talent, I decided to devote all my efforts in that direction in the hope that I might someday get into the comics biz. I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design.
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Art
Dad
Teacher
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