I've always been really impressed with some of the longer graphic novels and thought it would be really amazing if one day I could try something like that.

I think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters - which, again, I take as something of a compliment.

There are certain artists and filmmakers who, I get the impression, are trying to show off how bad their characters can be, how immoral their characters can be.

Maybe you're not even in a position to really judge how good your kid is at that endeavor.

I guess there's just a part of me that's not very enthusiastic about finding myself ten years from now halfway through a story that may or may not be any good.

I wanted it to be as readable as possible. I had the ambition of reaching a broader audience.

And also, as a consumer now, it's weird that when I used to go to a book signing I would leave with a stack of pamphlets people had made to show off their work, and now I just leave with business cards where people have the URL to their websites.