I was there when Sam Raimi showed Stan Lee the first cut of the first Spider-Man movie. I was on a couch next to Stan, watching how special effects h…

- Brian Michael Bendis

One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us.

- Brian Michael Bendis

Artists are not your art monkeys. They are your collaborators. They should be given all due consideration to follow their journey.

- Brian Michael Bendis

It also helps that what Dan Slott is doing with Peter Parker in the comics has elevated him to something else, so that Miles Morales at the moment is…

- Brian Michael Bendis

In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more …

- Brian Michael Bendis

I was listening to the inclusiveness of Spider-Man, and why he's so appealing to so many people, but I didn't connect it all at first.

- Brian Michael Bendis

You're as good as the people you're with.

- Brian Michael Bendis

If you loved everything you were writing, you would be deluding yourself or a complete and absolute narcissist. It's not about liking what you write,…

- Brian Michael Bendis

This is something I learned when I was working at a newspaper: when you put something on paper, whether it's words or pictures, and it's staring back…

- Brian Michael Bendis