I Thought It Would Be Great To

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.

Jack [kirby] And Joe [simon] Wrote And Drew The Stories Themselves In The Beginning And I Was Just, Like, The Office Boy. But After A While They Had More Writing Than They Could Handle And I Was The Only Guy Around, So They Said, "hey Stan, You Think You Can Write This?" When You're Seventeen Years Old, What Do You Know? I Said, "sure, I Can Do It!" And That Was It.

You Remember When Tobey Maguire Was First Selected, Most Of The Fans Were Angry. They Felt, What Kind Of A Guy Is That For A Superhero? Nobody Thought It Was A Good Idea. Yet He Turned Out To Be Great. The People At Marvel Who Do These Things Are Really Pretty Smart. If They Chose This Guy, He'll Probably Be Terrific.

If You're Going To Write Something, That's Going To Be Read By People, A Lot Of People, You Hope It Will Not Only Entertain Them But Maybe Do Them Some Good In Some Way.

Most People Say, "i Can't Wait To Retire So I Can Play Golf," Or Go Yachting Or Whatever They Do. Well, If I Was Playing Golf, I Would Want That To Finish So I Could Go And Dream Up A New Tv Show.