But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will.

So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing..

There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work..

And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say.

But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube.

And within the world that you've created, the physics of that world have to remain constant; they can't be amorphous and changing..

To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across..

I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work.

Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respectin….

I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants.

If you're going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it.

So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little differ….

For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States.

If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special.

Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra..

People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that….

I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.

Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects.

It's interesting, because in the corporate stuff there's a dichotomy there, depending on the creator. Even what, in essence, may be a very safe corpo….

But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm do….

I still love a lot of the guys who just paint.