When I Was A Kid,

No One Has A Perfect Life. Everybody Has Something That He Wishes Was Not The Way It Is.

I Suppose I Have Come To Realize That Entertainment Is Not Easily Dismissed. Beyond The Meaning (of A Work Of Art), It Is Important To People. Without It, Lives Can Be Dull.

The Way I'm Doing It Is I'm Trying To Think To Myself, "okay, I Have The Name Superman, And He's Going To Be A Guy That Deserves The Name 'superman.' I'm Trying To Forget About Krypton, About The Daily Planet What Would I Do If I Was Thinking It Up?" I Can Do It Any Way At All..i Can Make Him An Eskimo Midget Who's Toothless And Blind... I Can Do Anything. It's Difficult .

I've Written So Many Things Over The Years That I Don't Want To Go Back To Being Just A Scriptwriter. I'm In What I Consider To Be The Enviable Position Of All I Have To Do Is Come Up With The Idea And Write An Outline That Makes It Seem Like It's A Viable Idea That Will Interest People, And Then Other People Write The Scripts -- And I Become The Executive Producer Or The Producer, Depending On How Much Involvement I Have, And I Get A Creative Credit And Then Move On To The Next Project.

If You're Going To Write Something, That's Going To Be Read By People, A Lot Of People, You Hope It Will Not Only Entertain Them But Maybe Do Them Some Good In Some Way.