Americans are not terribly intelligent people. They need to read important things several times.

When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.

The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to Afghanistan or Iraq [as a soldier] is fighting for an evil cause under an evil commander in chief.

There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair.

Close friends love you for who you are; not what they want you to be.

For an ordinary citizen, what is the common interaction you have with a police officer? When they pull you over for speeding, or when they write you a ticket for parking. The rest of the time is patrolling minority neighborhoods like an occupying army. It's suppression of blacks, and it's revenue enhancement. Surveillance is a Band-Aid. That's like saying, "Let's surveil the SS." No! Let's get rid of the SS!

I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.