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Audiences can be leery of sequels; the studios make a hit, they see dollar signs, and they make a cheap rip-off.

Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.

A lot of books, if you take them at face value, they're just not gonna work as films.

I haven't the faintest idea what my royalties are. I haven't the faintest idea how many copies of books sold, or how many books that I've written. I could look these things up; I have no interest in them. I don't know how much money I have. There are a lot of things I just don't care about.

That was the appealing thing about comics: There literally is no budget in comics. You're only limited by your imagination.

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not a movie.

When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art of Animation.' It was this weird revelation for me, because I hadn't considered that people actually get paid to make cartoons.

Is it better to go indie and make bigger profits on each book, or stick with a print publisher's 6%-10% royalties? Since I never could figure out what I wanted to do when I grew up, I'm hedging my bets and working both sides of the street.