And That's Why People Read Comics, To

Afraid? Batman's Not Afraid Of Anything. It's Me. I'm Afraid. I'm Afraid That The Joker May Be Right About Me. Sometimes…i Question The Rationality Of My Actions. And I’m Afraid That When I Walk Through Those Asylum Gates... When I Walk Into Arkham And The Doors Close Behind Me... It’ll Be Just Like Coming Home.

I Tend To Only Read Comics Written By Friends Or People I've Known. And I'm Not A Great Comic Reader.

American Writers Often Say They Find It Difficult To Write Superman. They Say He's Too Powerful; You Can't Give Him Problems. But Superman Is A Metaphor. For Me, Superman Has The Same Problems We Do, But On A Paul Bunyan Scale. If Superman Walks The Dog, He Walks It Around The Asteroid Belt Because It Can Fly In Space. When Superman's Relatives Visit, They Come From The 31st Century And Bring Some Hellish Monster Conqueror From The Future. But It's Still A Story About Your Relatives Visiting.

When Was The Last Time You Had A Thought That Wasn't Put There By Them?

Burnout Is Grist To The Mill. I Write Every Day, For Most Of The Day, So It's Just About Turning Into Metaphor Whatever's Going On In My Life, In The World, And In My Head. Every Nightmare, Every Moment Of Grief Or Joy Or Failure, Is A Moment I Can Convert Into Cash Via Words.