Remember it's all just a mirror we made to see ourselves in.

I have to confess I'm not a huge comics fan in the wider sense of comics as an art form.

If this book has made any point clear, I hope it's that things don't have to be real to be true. Or vice versa.

I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor whatever's going on in my life, in the world, and in my head. Every nightmare, every moment of grief or joy or failure, is a moment I can convert into cash via words. I use everything. Turning life into stories is how I make sense of my experience.

Study yourself the way a hunter studied prey. Exploit your own weaknesses to create desired changes within yourself.

Gayness is built into Batman. I'm not using gay in the pejorative sense, but Batman is very, very gay. There's just no denying it. Obviously as a fictional character he's intended to be heterosexual, but the basis of the whole concept is utterly gay.

We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.