Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all.

Look, don't just stare at the pages," I used to tell my students. "Become the characters. Live inside the book.

Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.

The greatest griefs are silent.

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.

As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.