I do try to compress a lot of information into what I do. It's funny.

The characters have desperation and it doesn't work out for everyone. Maybe it's not fair because I'm responding to the adaptations that smooth out the edges.

I guess I try to find the humor by juxtaposing deeper themes in literature with what people perceive as being lighter, disposable children's fare in comics.

Deliver more than you promise and earn the respect and gratitude of the intelligent, the wise, and the honourable.

The only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people "find it.

Make your desire for a better life stronger than your desire to stay in misery.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings, they're your best link to your past. And the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Making a decision takes a moment, living a decision takes a life-time.

The physically fit can enjoy their vices.

I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem.

Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.

God rewards gamblers and fools. The crucial thing, when you win, is knowing which you were.

If there were no girls like them in the world, there would be no poetry