I could not do what I do if I were not obsessive compulsive to a certain extent. I don't act clinically OCD. I'm not going to check things so many times I have to take drugs for it. But the kind of complicated and painstaking work I have to do to make my drawings, it just kind of harnesses that compulsive energy in a constructive way.

The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together.

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

I wish I had a typical workday. I struggle to get up at seven and almost always fail. I just try to get to my office as soon as I can, but it's always later than I would like.

She has given me a way out.

I'd been upstaged, demoted from protagonist in my own drama to comic relief in my parents' tragedy

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.