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Len Wein Quotes
Len Wein
American
Cartoonist
Born:
Jun 12
,
1948
Died:
Sep 10
,
2017
Always
Characters
Get
Me
Thought
You
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People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.
Len Wein
Good
People
Looking
Characters
More
Sacrificed
Looking Good
Concerned
Readers
Sake
Were
Story
Themselves
Then
Who
Series
I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.
Len Wein
Fire
Out
Fingertips
Rays
Always
Wanted
In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.
Len Wein
Home
You
Better
Single
General
Idea
Halfway
Encapsulate
Sentence
Your
Captivating
A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.
Len Wein
Work
Matter
Someone
Writer
Writes
Period
Your
Buying
Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.
Len Wein
Art
Eyes
Mistakes
Our
Out
Posterity
Only
Point
Always
Beholder
Right
I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point.
Len Wein
Crazy
Hate
Characters
Point
Neurotic
Beyond
Certain
Certain Point
I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.
Len Wein
Best
Judgment
Own
My Own
Only
Audience
Effort
Owed
The Only Thing
Realized
Thing
I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I feel my way along as I go, hoping I'll get to the place I intend to reach.
Len Wein
Myself
Thought
Organic
Way
Hoping
Rather
Writer
Feel
Along
Reach
Always
Go
Than
Get
Intend
Place
Cerebral
Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff.
Len Wein
Think
Rings
Stuff
Most
Lord
Lord Of The Rings
Done
Far
Away
Brilliantly
The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?
Len Wein
Character
Humanity
Resonate
Remains
Bottom
Bottom Line
Make
Reader
Always
How
Line
Same
Them
Basic
What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.
Len Wein
Visceral
Well
Reader
Makes
How
Effect
Story
Connect
When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics.
Len Wein
Me
Job
Made
Rest
Laugh
Tell
Someone
Something
Writes
Written
Cry
Well
Semantics
Done
Them
You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Len Wein
You
Will
Beginning
Rules
Tell
Read
Makes
Textbooks
End
Middle
Different
Story
Dozen
Basic
There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.
Len Wein
Will
Legend
Universe
Our
Destroyed
Ancient
Instantly
True
Learn
Which
Should
Origin
Ever
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