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

I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.

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.

When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics.

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.

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

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