I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them..

More is not necessarily better. BETTER IS BETTER..

I enjoyed doing the gag covers better than the story ones because they were usually simpler. A cover based on an incident in the plot took a great de….

I follow politics, but I don't like to discuss it..

The writing of a novel or short story or poem or whatever should elevate the audience, not drag the writer down to some level beneath herself. And sh….

My father is an actor, and I used to go on set to visit him. I saw the stories he was telling and said: 'That's what I want to do.' I was always in a….

I love a good cliffhanger. I love when big events happen in shows. I love shows that aren't afraid to take risks and to really do what's best for the….

If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun..

Stand by those who stand by you..

I don't really get recognized..

There is no life without friendship.

George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with any argument you can, but there is none..

There is only the actuality of what happens in life. The rest is just a story, no matter who's telling it..

Your patience will be rewarded..

You must understand, I don't have to be happy to be happy..

For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a….

Dominion is a spy novel, a love story, and also I hope gives some sense of the difficulties faced by dissidents under any totalitarian regime: the th….

I always want readers to lose themselves completely in a story and feel something, whatever the book invites them to feel. That experience is the bes….

I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side..

To say, "It used to be better," nobody can say, "Well, no it wasn't." It's like telling a story that is self-aggrandizing about someone who has passe….

In a world where everyone is behaving honestly, any dishonesty constitutes a big infraction. But, in a world where many people are behaving dishonest….