There is that small chance I’ll get what I want; to be someone to relate to for anyone who is as alienated, awkward, spastic and passionate as me.

My grandparents are holocaust survivors so I was really aware at a young age how horrible human beings can be to one another.

I like to play music that people can feel deeply but it's also interesting to listen to - a nice balance between cathartic and pop music.

There is that small chance I’ll get what I want; to be someone to relate to for anyone who is as alienated, awkward, spastic and passionate as me.

My marriage is the most important thing in my life, but in a weird way I'm able to focus on other things more clearly by having it in my life.

Cut the crap. Just don't try to be anything that you aren't, have ambition but when it comes to lyrics especially just be honest and write from the heart almost to an awkward degree, at least that's what works for me.

In comics, the writer is also the director in a certain way. So if this were a film, you wouldn't tell the cinematographer to make a good fight scene while you go and get a cup of coffee.