Jason Aaron Quotes

If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.

All the guys at Marvel are really passionate, and they love entertaining folks, and they really think about the story, and there's a lot of thought that goes into that.

I'm happy I can sit home in my office and make up stories about superheroes. And I only have to deal with a pretty limited amount of people to get those comics produced.

I love writing novels, but there is something deeply invigorating about the comic-book medium.

I don't think it's a coincidence that comic books appeal so strongly to children. Not that it negates any of their power for adults, but there is something about comics that makes them a perfect storytelling system for children.

Learning to write comics is, in fact, so bloody difficult because it's such a weird form that it does actually make you a bit more adaptable for other forms.

I don't see one as bring better or more literate than the other and there's a real buzz to not only writing about a character I love like Superman, but also writing something that kids can enjoy.

By the time I finished the first series, 'Marvel Universe vs. Punisher,' I knew that there was a lot more story to tell.

Everything I've done is an old Marvel comic in its' own way.

The only way to write Batman, if you get the chance - and I hope everyone out there gets the chance - is to imagine you made him up.

I was trained in storytelling by Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, and Larry Hama. Doesn't make me a genius, and there really isn't anything fancy about the stage direction in my scripts.

I didn't know how to write comics. I had to teach myself.

I grew up loving cartoons, comics, magic, and writing.

'Human Target' was probably one of the best projects I ever worked on - that and 'Dr.Thirteen.' I just appreciated how smart Peter Milligan's writing is. It was smart and entertaining.

For me, writing the 'X-Men' was easy - is easy. I know these people, they're my friends.

Overall, I'm happy how 'Original Sin' has come together. It's an amalgam of all I've done at Marvel, mixing the gritty, violent 'Punisher Max' stuff with the zany, light-hearted 'Wolverine & The X-Men' work.

Marvel's storytelling is much wilder than 'The OA's,' but no one talks about that.

I think what's so great about 'Arrow' is that they really ground everything in reality.

When I write Superboy and other DC characters, it's about boiling them down to core concepts.

Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them up.'

Marvel is a very vast and diverse universe.

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

I loved fantasy role play.

I love using my imagination. I love writing about animals.

Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies.