I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously.

what exactly is postmodernism, except modernism without the anxiety?

There's never any percentage in being ahead of your time.

I'm not planning what I listen to, except when I think the music can guide me to some emotional place I want to be reminded of.

Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle.

I try to write every day. I don't beat myself up about word counts, or how many hours are ticking by on the clock before I'm allowed to go and do something else. I just try to keep a hand in and work every single day, even if there are other demands or I'm on a book tour or have the flu or something, because then I keep my unconscious engaged with the book. Then I'm always a little bit writing, no matter what else I'm doing.

I got into underground comics fairly early on and kind of wandered away from the superhero stuff, but I was an art student and I was drawing a lot as a kid.