I know a lot of people that still buy comics, go to the shop every week, I know people who read them on an iPad. My brother reads on an iPad every week, he downloads his comics every week.

We look at it as the multiverse. We have our TV universe and our film universe, but they all co-exist.

Overcoming fear doesn't have to be skydiving, if you're afraid of heights. Overcoming fear is an everyday thing. We do it all day long.

I think every writer doubts themselves, every day. You procrastinate because you're afraid. You're always afraid it's not going to be as good as you want it to be.

I may not be smart enough to do everything, but I am dumb enough to try anything.

I've always been attracted to the characters that I didn't know anything about. If you do anything in life with passion and love, then it's worth trying.

I don't care how people read their comics, I want them to read comics. I don't care if they read them on an iPad or a phone or in store, I just want them to read comics.

The more that we self-analyze ourselves, the nicer we are to people and to ourselves, and the more we understand each other.

It might sound goofy, but I do believe that emotions have power. We're all driven by something, and most of that is emotional reaction.

I like collecting comics, I like buying comics, I like looking at comics, but I also read comics on digital readers.

The best thing about my job is that I work with the best creative people in the business in their fields.

Perhaps in nearly every joy, as certainly in every pleasure, cruelty has its place.

Choosing my favorite moment in journalism would be like picking a favorite among my children. I can't pick one favorite.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.

The positive side about dealing with the logistics of moving books around is that it's better than a gym!

I have three sons, and I think were both fierce protectors of our children.

...some people coddle their own afflictions the way others spoil small pedigreed dogs with cans of pate.

Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.

If you want to feed the planet and keep the forests we have, you need to be able to grow roughly twice as much food per acre around the world. How do you do that? New technology.

I paint as I want to with no holds barred. I am more contented lately than I have been for a long time about my work. But not dangerously so.