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

I'm the one who started spreading that particular factoid, about Bendis, Azz and me all being bald Brian's from Cleveland, just to get my name mentioned in the same sentence as two much-better writers, and it's worked like a goddamn charm. Next up, I'm going to grow a big, disgusting beard, just so people will start talking about Alan Moore and me in the same breath.

I, for example, am a pompous asshole, but my comics are genius!

To try and imagine that I'm another person is always going to be hard - whether I'm writing about a truck driver or someone who is gay, who's trans, who is of a different ethnicity or creed. But it would be boring if I always had to write about myself and my limited viewpoint.

There's just something about that late '80s that suddenly feels like it has something to teach us.

I am a big theater fan. It's mostly just being pretentious, I think, and trying to look smart.

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