I wish more people would take the extraordinary talent they have and just let their id go because that’s what we discovered. We discovered that the sillier we got, the more people believed that we were speaking from our hearts.
All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn’t your pet – it’s your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.
Don’t just be yourself. Be all of yourself. Don’t just live. Be that other thing connected to death. Be life. Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.
The thing with the comics is that you have license to go down every alley your brain can think of.
Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
Recognizing power in another does not diminish your own.
I write to be the characters that I am not.
You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.
If you can’t do something smart, do something right.
The comic world has its own limitations, as everything does. I adore it, I respect it, but it’s not going to take over all of me.
You either have to write or you shouldn’t be writing. That’s all.
Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.
I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar!
I love comics, very much, and I love being alone, but I also love the other part. I love actors, and I love filmed entertainment, and that is not something I plan to turn my back on.
I’d rather make a show 100 people need to see, than a show that 1000 people want to see.
I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn’t really happen in life is what I’m interested in. As a way of commenting on everything that does happen in life, because ultimately the only thing I’m really interested in is people.
Absolutely eat dessert first. The thing that you want to do the most, do that.
I describe television as feminine and movies as masculine, in the sense that television wants to examine a problem from all sides and talk about it for a long time, and movies just want to hit the climax and then maybe have a smoke.
Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need.
Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself.