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• ‟ I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

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• ‟ I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

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• ‟ I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in.

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• ‟ It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.

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• ‟ My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff.

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• ‟ The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and things like that; I seem to be able to do that pretty well. I suppose in that respect there's some improvisation, although I work over the stuff after I've got it down on paper.

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• ‟ I have to be a freelance writer for the rest of my life, unless I get some kind of real lucky break. But other than that, I'll always have to work. I always worry about whether my stuff is going to get over. Will they like this, will they like that?

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• ‟ I'm pretty aggressive, and maybe obnoxious, about trying to get work.

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• ‟ I worry about getting work, and then when I get it, I worry about doing it well. I don't want to just go through the motions and give people stuff. This stuff is really important to me.

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• ‟ I want to keep doing as much work as I can, and I want to keep the level high. I'm wondering if something is going to happen to me to screw it up.

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