"If I pick up a book with spaceships on the cover, I want spaceships. If I see one with dragons, I want there to be dragons inside the book. Proper labeling. Ethical labeling. I don't want to open up my cornflakes and find that they're full of pebbles... You need to respect the reader enough not to call it something it isn't."

"Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets."

"Popular art is the dream of society it does not examine itself."

"Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

"Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position."

"Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something."

"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love."

"I love to hit people. I love to."