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Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

- Kurt Busiek
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I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.

The reason I quit being a sales manager over twenty years now is because I hate elevator pitches. I want to write stories and show people what's in them when they read them, not tell them all about it ahead of time.

I love creator-owned comics. Most of my favorite books these days are creator-owned, from stuff DC publishes, like 'Fables,' to books like 'Saga,' 'Fatale,' 'Hellboy,' and 'Courtney Crumrin.'

That's the way it happens - some characters you set out to use, some are happy accidents. As long as it works, it doesn't really matter how you got them.

I created lots of characters in high school and college, and the first character I created in pro comics was Liana, Green Lantern of M'Elu, for a backup story in 'Green Lantern #162,' my first professional sale.

I wanted to be a writer, but the idea of writing novels or movies seemed really intimidating. I never got more than a few pages into one.

When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right.

I like superheroes. I like the drama of it, the stirring, larger-than-life aspect.

The most fascinating powers don't mean a thing if the guy's poorly motivated or dull, and the most generic powers won't hurt a well-motivated character. Personality and motivation are what make Magneto, Magneto and not Cosmic Boy. The powers work for him, but it's his motivation that makes him the character he is.

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Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.

Mainly, what I like to do is keep things varied and not get in a rut, not tell the same stories over and over.