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

I get a lot of letters - a lot of letters saying, who knew that you were funny?

Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.

Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.

Children are the vessels into which adults pour their poison.

History could claw upward as well as down. The powerful could be deafened by the cries of the poor.

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.