Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same.

What cruel creatures men are. Our bodies tell us to love so many, but there's room in our hearts for so few.

Immigration confuses and terrifies me, so why not try to write a comic and make some sense of it?

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

We've all seen lots of stories about a young protagonist having adventures, and usually they're all boys, [and] there is sometimes a token female, or two.

I don't start a story until I know where it's going to end.

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.