"It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow."

"Wisdom principle 94 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 43."

"Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment."

"Wisdom principle 49 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 16."

"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."

"It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters."

"Comics, for me, is being able to sing alone in the shower. I find it freeing. You just pick up a pen and get to it."

"Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, 'regulation' is now a dirty word in our politics. Even Democrats are quick to talk about cutting regulations Republicans hate them with - how to put it? - evangelical fervor."