Just go out there and get your heart broken in, so it'll be ready when you really need it.

I grew up with a sister I was very close with and a mom who was a powerful influence on my life. I was always close with women.

I realized that for fantasy and science fiction, especially from my youth, white was the default. Luke Skywalker was in the lead, or even if you were a hobbit, you're going to be white. That was an extremely old-fashioned, obviously really narrow-minded way to look at things.

Your own creations are your own children; you gave life to them, so you'll always have, if not more passion to them, more connections to them.

A comic script is basically a love letter from you to your artist.

How is it possible that our parents lied to us?" "Lets see: Santa, the Tooth Fairy,the Easter bunny,um, God. You're the prettiest kid in school. This wont hurt a bit. Your face will freeze like that..." "Everythings going to be alright.

It's TV shows like 'Buffy' and 'Angel' that usually have an incredible cliffhanger every commercial break that amaze me.