I came in as an established artist. People were hiring me for what I did and for who I was. I think that has given me a vast amount of leeway; I feel so lucky that I came in that way.

I didn't want to be beholden to one person. So I did something where I had hundreds of people who backed the work. I could just do work, and since a lot of people were interested in it, I wasn't beholden to any particular one of them.

Rejection is inevitable. Let it hit you hard for a moment, feel the hurt, and then move on.

I hated being a child because to be a child means that you are essentially the property of your parents, benevolently or not.

The truth is, the vast majority of medical care for lower income people in America is shitty. If you go to a free clinic to receive any form of care, the majority of those will be overcrowded with nurses who are tired because they have to work with so many people. We are not a country that invests public money into taking care of poor people, so we usually rely on clinics with very overburdened and underpaid staff.

Neutrality and boredom are the weapons of the state.

When you hold a graphic novel in your hands, you're holding artist blood made ink.