I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist

I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them.

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.

I always wanted praise and I always wanted attention; I won't lie to you. I was a jazz critic and that wasn't good enough for me. I wanted people to write about me, not me about them. So I thought, What could I do? I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't act or anything like that. OK, I can write.

Comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures.

I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers