You couldn't have small, dying children in a movie without really bringing everyone down, but you can in comics.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

An introvert talks more than an extrovert because when the mouth is closed, the mind is opened.

I hate to admit this, but some days hearing about other people's problems actually cheers me up.

The happiest of endings begin with a struggle so embrace yours

'Captain America' was probably the most universally positive experience I've had in this mad business.

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.

But of course, there's no rest for the wicked, which I certainly am; as I said, no rest for the wicked.

Things don't spiral out of control when we surrender them; they spiral out of control when we try to control them!

Did you just call me old? I really prefer the word 'experienced'.

Art becomes a spiritual process depending upon the degree of commitment that you bring to it. Every experience becomes direct food for your art. Then your art teaches you about life.

I am not in the world to care for my life, but for souls.