I have a very strong color theory, for instance, where in 'Powers,' green means powerless, and red means power.The story was all there, but I was desperate to make sure that extra level was the case.

The trick is not caring what EVERYBODY thinks of you and just caring about what the RIGHT people think of you.

Artists are not your art monkeys. They are your collaborators. They should be given all due consideration to follow their journey.

I've been reading Ed Brubaker comics since the first appearance of Ed Brubaker comics and every single time he announces a new title I mutter to myself: ugh! I wish I would've thought of that!

You're as good as the people you're with.

One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us.

I don't take it for granted, because I saw the fruits of Stan's [Lee] 50-year labor, and I didn't have to wait 50 years myself.

If you're miserable and someone flies by looking like they have everything in the whole world and it's never going to be you, that's tough to deal with.

I looked at Tank Girl, which is the coolest comic, ever. The movie didn't make the comic book any less cool. The comic is still the comic.

The books are the books, and a lot of the stuff is some version of your id or your ego.

I'll never get sick of raising my children, but other people might get sick of them.

How can I shut downIf you don't open up??

We're bound by our desire to be right.

in my experience, the words “now just calm down” almost inevitably have the opposite effect on the person you are speaking to.

I don't believe in inspiration that arrives like a bolt from the blue ... It seems to me that the more motivated I am by what I film, the more objectively I film.

I'll always push myself because that's the journey of life. We do go through things. Some of it's incredibly great and some of it's really bad.

Keep digging, Flynn. Six feet makes a grave.

Don't claim you're sincere, just be it.

Toil, feel, think, hope; you will be sure to dream enough before you die, without arranging for it.

I am a Christian. My husband and I belong to the Episcopal Church.

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