Len Wein

The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?

I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

Under the previous regime of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, I was detained. So was my wife, Serkalem Fasil. She gave birth to our son in prison in 2005.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.