The curse of comic book adaptations, when I was younger, was that the director or producer would go, "Don't worry about it, it's just a comic book."

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

I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past.

Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback.

These days, it seems that if you're not already in place, you can't get there from here.

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I feel my way along as I go, hoping I'll get to the place I intend to reach.