“One of my favorite comics is 'Love and Rockets' by the Hernandez Broth...” — Cliff Chiang Quote

One of my favorite comics is 'Love and Rockets' by the Hernandez Brothers. They do such a wonderful job of showing you how the character of Maggie ages and really doesn't present that with any kind of judgment.

You want, whenever you're telling a story, to have a certain amount of range, and you want to be able to take the audience on that ride with you.

What I've been trying to do with my art, which has been feeling very graphically sharp - to soften it up and make it feel more hand-done.

Really, subtlety is what is really important to me and my work.

Paul Smith's artwork was so elegant and so graphic, so I think that's always had a strong effect on me, especially starting out.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.

Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.

I first came across the script for 'Macbeth' between the ages of 11 and 12; it was the first book that shook my life. Because I did not yet understand that I could simply purchase it in a bookstore, I copied much of it by hand and took it home. My childhood imagination pushed me to feel like a co-author of the play.