It's easy, there's a trick to it, you do it or you die.

Don't start anything you're not prepared to finish.

I always say that if you're a novelist, the challenge is not writing what you think ought to happen, but trying in some way to write what did happen in a world that doesn't necessarily exist.

Don't worry about trying to develop a style. Style is what you can't help doing. If you write enough, you draw enough, you'll have a style, whether you want it or not. Don't worry about whether you're "commercial". Tell your own stories, draw your own pictures. Let other people follow you.

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?

The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked...that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.