People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Nothing is insoluble. Nothing is hopeless. Not while there's life.

Our environments shape the way we see ourselves. If you have been condemned to live in an area that is pretty evidently a rat-run, then sooner or later you're gonna come to the conclusion that you're a rat.

...My point is, I went crazy. When I saw what a black, awful joke the world was. I went crazy as a coot! I admit it! Why can't you?

I try to do things in comics that cannot be repeated by television, by movies, by interactive entertainment.

There's a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest movements, small press, the creator-owned comics, that seem to be getting some signs of hope for the future.

Happiness is the most insidious prison of all.