Imagine foreign troops sitting idly, laughing as hooligans trashed the Smithsonian, stole the gold from Fort Knox and burned down the Department of the Interior. That was us in Iraq.

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.

Most people don't know how to tell stories.

Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else.

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

If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.

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

When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.

The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.

When you do a cartoon based on news headlines, you do it based on incomplete information.

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

Idleness like kisses to be sweet must be stolen.

I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a personal level, and that gives me hope.

A woman who rides a motorcycle is in tune with the universe, a candidate for high adventure.

It's not the honors and not the titles and not the power that is of ultimate importance. It's what resides inside.

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

This is a magical and inspiring metaphor through which adult readers will identify anger issues and discover practical methods to energize enduring change.

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

My family background has always been very supportive. They're going to be there for me no matter what.

I remember when my daughter, Marina, was born. The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn't believe it.

There is no such thing as a heterosexual male, only men who haven't met Oscar Wilde yet.