Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured.

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy.

It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.

Never give up, have the passion. Don't be afraid.

I've come to realize that you live on through recordings; they're like a musical diary, a window into somebody's soul.

I have a very close relationship with my parents.

Comics writing is for your artist. It's not for the general reader; it's for the artist. So I love writing scripts for artists.