There's a lot of dark stuff from the '80s that we don't think about.

Brubaker and Phillipss books have always been about eight years ahead of their time.

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

The longer I've been writing scripts, the more I find that you have to give the artist more leeway or else you'll just be disappointed. You can't force them to draw every image that's in your head. Since I'm a horrific artist, I wouldn't want them to anyway. So I definitely give them a lot more leeway now than I did at the beginning.

I mean, do you know what you get when you call a suicide hotline in New York city? A busy signal. Literally.

My parents grew up during the space race, and I think they imagined the future would be us living on moon bases and everyone has rocket shoes.

People just want good stories.