I thought a lot about how so many memoirs about fatness focus on weight loss; they don't focus on living with weight in a world that is rather inhospitable to it. So I knew that was the idea that was going to be most interesting and most challenging, and I like to be challenged as a writer.

I am new to superhero comics, though growing up I read Archie comics, religiously. I've been doing a lot of catching up, reading what's out there and it's been wonderful to see what's going on in contemporary comics.

It is deeply unfair to task writers of color with unique responsibilities that we don't assign to all writers.

I see my tweets as a current joining a bunch of other currents in the world's craziest ocean.

Knowing that a story needs to be told is a great motivator, even if telling a given story comes at a price. Writing Hunger has been the most difficult writing of my life, and it's the rawest and perhaps most necessary. We'll see how people take it. I always strive to write beyond personal catharsis because though I write first and foremost for myself, I do recognize that I need to look outward as much if not more than I look inward, so the reader has something with which they can engage.

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.

I look at my older writing to see where my weaknesses are and then I try to address those weaknesses and make new mistakes.