I guess in my own egotistical way I like to create my own library of Batman books that doesn't run contrary to a single thing that has been published before, but it also stands on its own.

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

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

What's happened with computer technology is perfectly timed for someone with my set of skills. I tell stories with pictures. What I love about CGI is that if I can think it, it can be put on the screen.

When you think of what Americans accomplished, building these amazing cities and all the good it's done in the world, it's kind of disheartening to hear so much hatred of America, not just from abroad, but internally.

As a cartoonist, I'm a caricaturist. First you find out what somebody really looks like, and then you find out what they 'really' look like.

I realized that I was about to turn 30, and Batman was permanently 29. And I was going to be damned if I was older than Batman.