“You can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a "graphic novel," but comic books are still incredibly stupid.”

“If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novel, find a book you do like. Life is too short to be miserable. If you do like my novels, I commend your good taste.”

“Sometimes just looking into a person's eyes can tell a graphic story and a brilliant novel if you have the ability to turn it into words.”

“That's the amazing thing a horse can do for you," he said. "You can have the shittiest day, and you can just spill your guts. And when your done spillin' your guts, they're still nudgin you for an extra pet, saying...I'm here, its cool...you feel so much better.”

“That pompous phrase (graphic novel) was thought up by some idiot in the marketing department of DC. I prefer to call them Big Expensive Comics.”

“Having compared the novel-reader with an infant and a primitive, one can go further and call him a psychopath; and this I shall shortly be doing.”