When Writing, I Model All

No Matter How Good A Story Is, If You're At A Newsstand And You See A Lot Of Comic Books, You Don't Know How Good The Story Is Unless You Read It. But You Can Spot The Artwork Instantly, And You Know Whether You Like The Artwork, Whether It Grabs You Or Not.

You Can Read A Shakespeare Play, But Does That Mean You Wouldn't Want To See It On The Stage?

I Never Tried To Write For Other People. I Liked People Who Had Problems I Might Have, Because We All Have Insecurities, Regrets. I Like Heroes Who Were Not 100-percent Perfect, Who Things To Take Care Of.

Quality. That's The First Word, The One Word That Comes To Mind When I Think Of The Books Published By Abrams. In A World Where So Many Companies Are Willing To Cut Corners, To Do Things The Easy Way In Order To Enhance The Bottom Line, It's Gratifying To Know That There's One Company That Obviously Takes Such Pride In Its Finished Product, One Company That Can Always Be Counted On To Design And Produce A Book That Is, Itself, As Much A Work Of Art As The Illustrations On Its Pages.

I Think People Are Interested In Anything That's A Little Bigger Than Life And That's Colorful And - You Know, What They Like? They Like Fairy Tales For Grownups.