My problem with political art is not that it's bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics.

A lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with assurances that it's great.

There is an ineffable but fatal difference in attitude between people behaving naturally and people behaving naturally for a camera.

I think being interested is really what being civilized is about. I mean, you have to be conscious of everything.

Artists are sometimes in a position to tell the truth, but they're positioned as a Cassandra. They're gifted with impeccable prophecy and the assurance of never being listened to.

Matisse can make you hate your life for its comparatively insipid joys.

Comic books, graphic novels, involve constant toggling and it's hard work. You get tired reading comic books, but you never get tired looking at pictures or reading words.