(…that I can think of at the moment, in no particular order)
1. Bill Gaines’ opening remark to me, each and every time I saw him: “My ambition in life is to weigh less than my refrigerator.”
2. Editor Carl Potts to me: “The problem with you is that you’re stubborn.”
Me: “Well, that’s the Potts calling the kettle black.”
3. Editor Larry Hama to me: “All the really creative people are crazy.”
Me: “I’m not crazy.”
Larry: “Exactly.”
4. Gil Kane to Louise Simonson: “Yes, my boy.”
5. Jack Abel to anyone who displeased him while in polite company: “Ingest excrement and expire.”