I always like the idea of doing interviews with somebody but completely seriously not ever mentioning what that person is generally known for.

To me any given story has its appropriate form. There might be some story I get involved with that's begging to be a graphic novel, so that will have to be that way.

It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.

I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City.

Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.

We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It's almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.

Because I grew up with this naive expectation of people doing right, I get shocked by every little violation.