We are the storytelling animal.

For every snake, there is a ladder; for every ladder,a snake

The world is about the way in which our dreams intersect with our real life. Endlessly, the world of the imagination changes the world.

A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, . . . not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing.

In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.

I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.

'The Satanic Verses' was denied the ordinary life of a novel. It became something smaller and uglier: an insult.