If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

I've killed hundreds of teenagers. Hundreds. And I didn't know why. Why did I enjoy doing it so much? Why? And then I realized - I had a teenager at home!

Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.

After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.

A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.

I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!