Novelists get to direct the perfect films. We get to cast every part. We dress the set exactly as we wish.

I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.

You don’t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with images and words chock full of received meaning.

Comics? Honestly, that's more a matter of nostalgia for me. I think most of that energy has gone to my love of literature, and my love of film...

I'm learning to hate the sound of my own voice.

Develop your pawns or Hulk will smash.

As I get older I find that the friendships that are the most certain, ultimately, are the ones where you and the other person have made substantial amounts of money for one another.