As a kid, I drew cartoon characters and comic book heroes. Spiderman and the X-Men were my favorites.

My purpose is to create a mirror for the reader to see themselves, to create a light for people to see themselves in the characters, pictures, and stories. So they resonate.

Be present in your work because kids live in the moment, so as soon as you're not in the present, you're not being authentic.

I'm an artist by trade and an author by necessity.

Be courageous. Always be a voice for those who are oppressed.

To preserve what you have, to keep your relationships alive and glowing, give generously- give of your time, you assets, your attention, your help, and your love. Give of yourself.

We were kissing like it was a long-forgotten language that we'd once been fluent in and were finding again

Antonio-"Just in time, Pete. Five more minutes of reading this and she'd have been in a coma."Peter-"Are we such bad company that you'd rather hide out in here reading that old thing?

We're all better off...when we're all better off.

That's what I wanted! I wanted to be an athlete, I wanted the girls to like me, and I wanted to be able to get good grades in school, and this man said I could do all that.

The design of a city is like a strange archeology.

I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.

When it comes to the issue of background checks, let's be honest - background checks will never be 'universal' - because criminals will never submit to them.

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought.