Hell's waking up every goddamn day and not even knowing why you're here.

I'm a spoilt brat. I thought I was just going to walk in and make movies. But I'd been my own boss for so long that all of a sudden to be facing a roomful of people who were niggling over every little scene... I just thought I'd go back and draw my comics and have a happy life.

When you have a brush in your hand, inking a beautiful woman is a lot like running your hands over her.

My Sin City heroes are knights in dirty, blood-caked armor. They bring justice to a world that gives them no medals, no praise, no reward. That world, that city, often kills them for their brave service.

Comic-book pages are vertical, and movie screens are relentlessly horizontal. But it's all the same form. We use different tools, but we get the job done. I'm completely in love with CGI. It's great for conveying a cartoonist's sense of reality.

I'm not going to complain about the fact that people are paying attention to my work. I suppose that wouldn't be fair.

But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic.