I've always been the audience that I wanted to reach, so I write for myself.

I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the point of the character, you are minimalizing the character.

I'm still a fanboy geek. I always will be. In many ways, if my work still resonates with the audience, it's because I'm still writing from the point of view of the fan, so I'm geeked out constantly.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.

People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.