The great thing about Batman and Superman, in truth, is that they are literally transcendent. They are better than most of the stories they are in.

My ideal reader is me. And yes, my ideal reader comes with me and is forgiving.

Stories you read when you're the right age never quite leave you. You may forget who wrote them or what the story was called.

You shine like a beacon in a dark world.

I am amiable. Vague. Puzzled. Messy-haired.

You are young, and in love. Every young man in your position is the most miserable young man who ever lived.

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.