Gail Simone Quotes

The people who worked in comics were terrific guys. I had a good association with them, and I enjoyed comics for that very reason.

One thing I'm grateful for, and also surprised and excited about, is that I have a place in the community of comics now. In a real way. And I honor that. A lot of what I do is in support of the community and bringing new talent - talking to people that people don't know. And defining us as a community.

Good comics stick around. There are people who have TV shows that might be successful, but comics can't really fake it. If you say, 'Hey, I love what you guys are doing - you're funny,' then you're in. It's legit.

I was a voracious reader and I could never understand why comics were of any less merit or importance than any other way of writing. I think the thing that keeps me with comics is there's still so much to be done. There's still this huge unplowed field, this huge unexplored wilderness, and as long as I can keep doing new things and coming up with new things, I will.

The lovely thing about writing comics for so many years is that comics is a medium that is mistaken for a genre. It's not that there are not genres within comics, but because comics tend to be regarded as a genre in itself, content becomes secondary; as long as I was doing a comic, people would pick it up.

Frank Miller and David Mack are incredible artists.

I knew I really wanted to work in comics in 1979.

I've been involved in lots of comic book stuff; I've done numerous films based on comic books and TV shows.

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials in the Daily News.

I think comics will always be around. I think there's something nice about a comic book. People love to hold 'em, turn the pages, fold 'em up, roll 'em up, stick 'em in their back pocket, show 'em to a friend, and say, "Hey, look at this."

With comics, you always talk about a big break, but there are a lot of big breaks in your life and not one of them makes a big difference.

I was very aware of the fact that there are a lot of comics out there that I love, because I've grown up my whole life reading comics and I know every little nuance of the language and all the implications.

I wasn't really a big comic book guy, growing up. I watched cartoons, but the choices were a whole heck of a lot slimmer.

Look, there's no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years, and for someone like me who's always tried to make a living at it, it's been great, I'm very grateful for it. But at the same time, it's not a subculture-y thing anymore; it's something that's in the New York Times and the New Yorker.

Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.

I have a suspicion - I have to be careful what I say - that you might actually find the best comics actually written by people who are comics writers and who aren't setting out to do graphic novels.

I think comics overall would be better. I think there's a tremendous potential to be tapped.

Kid ... Comics will break your heart.

I like collecting comics, I like buying comics, I like looking at comics, but I also read comics on digital readers.

At the end of the '60s, I was trying to enter the world of comics.

Print and digital comics will always coexist.

I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me.

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

Just about everything put out by Top Shelf and Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics is what I keep up with. And once in a while, I'll read the more mainstream comics - I like Grant Morrison's writing and some of Warren Ellis' stuff, although maybe they're more on the fringe of the mainstream.

Comics are my first love, and I hate seeing an art form that I love suffer.