Americans are not terribly intelligent people. They need to read important things several times.

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.

Most people don't know how to tell stories.

Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else.

When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.

If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.

I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.

When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.

The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.

When you do a cartoon based on news headlines, you do it based on incomplete information.

Close friends love you for who you are; not what they want you to be.

We shall know how to live better, if we read the Holy Bible.

The poor want a few dollars more - the rich focus on making more.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain!

I know I'm not God, are you? Don't be silly. God? God? Everybody's God? Don't be silly.

It's important to recognize that you can't have 100 percent security and also then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience.

I'm fascinated by the whole issue of arousal addiction, which seems to be mostly a problem for young men.

You're a slave, a bound helpless slave to one thing in the world, your imagination.

I always wanted to do my best. I got nothing free—I had to work hard.

I do not allow my schooling to interfere with my education