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I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

Comics could use more creators with something worthwhile to say.

I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be.

If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.

I think the genre of comics sometimes overtakes the medium, and people assume that they are kind of frivolous. If you have a good, strong story teller, they can be as affecting as any character in literature. Period.

Comics are given serious attention now and I'm quite surprised. You see them reviewed in major newspapers and exhibited in serious museums. I wouldn't have predicted it.

I have a great affection for comics, and I think that people underrate comics as a genre.

I think it might surprise the average person how angry people can get over the comics.

There are still some people out there who believe comic books are nothing more than, well, comic books. But the true cognoscenti know graphic novels are - at their best - an amazing blend of art literature and the theater of the mind.

By and large, I think that comics work seriously hard. Many have other jobs as well, plus you never really switch off, so you're always working.