"In junior high school, I was an object of pure ridicule for my dress, withdrawal, and asocial manner. Dozens of times, I saw individuals laugh and smile more in ten to fifteen minutes than I did in all my life up to then."

“A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats.”

Source : Marie (de France) (1983). “Medieval fables”, Dodd Mead

“In a way, the great thing about Batman is that there are so many of him that you can usually find one you like. Often, it's the one that was current when you began following the character. But though you like the Batman of one decade, you may well despise (and not recognize the validity of) the Batman of some other decade. If you've been a fan of the character for forty years, you probably hate half of them.”

“He took her up in his arms in the way of a bachelor who has had amateur experience of the carrying of nieces.”

“I'm married to my fans. I Love you all”

“I'm kind of an old-fashioned guy.”

“When sadness happens in the middle of work, I separate my personal grief from my train of thought.”

“I think it's really good not to get published. It sounds crazy but it's true. People want to get published very soon, but the moment that happens, you lose a bit of your originality. Once you publish, you are always doing things made-to-order. You stop being a weaver and become a tailor. You are tailoring things to suit other people's fashion.”

“I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.”