Being a bad writer a thousand times first.

When you need to stop an asteroid, you get Superman. When you need to solve a mystery, you call Batman. But when you need to end a war, you get Wonder Woman.

Keep faith, trust to love, fight with honor, but fight to win.

Don't let the worst people you know dictate your behavior.

I get very invested in characters, it's the only way I find that I can write a book and really make it work.

I admire writers who can remain objective and distanced, but that doesn't seem to be in my toolbox, somehow.

Some people are worried about the future of comics and some people are busy building it. That latter group are my heroes.

If loss makes you doubt your belief in justice, then you never truly believed in justice at all.

The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul.

something about giving himself over to a woman was worse than having lunch with the devil...

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.

And in this quiet moment, as I close my eyes, spent and sated, I think I'm in the eye of the storm. And in spite of all he's said and what he hasn't said, I don't think I have ever been so happy.

It's perfectly ordinary to be a socialist. It's perfectly normal to be in favor of fire departments.

You never know which gig is going to be your last.

Daring to wear something different takes effort.

I think for every parent, they know their kids better than anybody else, and they have to just trust their own instincts.

It's how tenacious you are that will determine your success.

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.