"I don't need my work" edited syndrome is the fault of a weak editorial dept and a faulty model on the part of the EIC. Many of the so-called stuck-up writers at DC have indicated a lot of editorial interference and meddling from Dan Didio, leading to some bad books and bad ideas. Writers you dislike had to convince him not to kill off Dick Grayson. Even Dan Slott had to convince Joe Quesada to keep Gwen Stacy dead. There's writer's arrogance, but when you view them as default arrogant I think you're doing yourself a disservice and missing out on potentially good material. Case in point: Dan Slott's Mighty Avengers is a lot of fun, and Bendis is now doing his first good Avengers arc in quite a long time.