Cliff Chiang

“What I like about 'Paper Girls' in particular is that, because we're approaching it more from a female perspective, we're able to consider the emotional states of these characters a little bit more and think more of their interiority.”

“Comics and music have historically had a pretty dicey relationship.”

“A lot of times we look at the past as something that was really great, but we ignore things that have actually gotten better since then.”

“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.”

“Something like 'Dr. Thirteen,' which features no big characters, was probably the most fun thing I've worked on because the story was so great, and it was written so well.”

“The New Gods really need to be larger than life. There's an operatic quality to them, and they need to be handled pretty carefully, or else you'll go too far and be almost like a caricature.”

“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.”

“After a couple of years at Vertigo, I realized that if I was going to be a professional artist, I'd have to devote myself to it full time, so I ended up leaving my job there and went freelance.”

“One of the funny things about Wonder Woman is that everybody does love her. She does win everybody over at some point.”

“The '80s were a really different time for kids. Technology has changed so much of how we stay in touch and keep tabs on people. Back then, as a kid, you could really just do whatever you wanted until your parents got home.”

“I'm always changing my style.”

“To be honest, my first instinct when I heard about the 'Greendale' project was that it was a licensing thing. As I learned more about the project, I saw how pure it was.”

“I guess you could blame it on being raised by comics and television, but I've always loved robots in any shape or size.”

“What impresses me the most about DC characters is how long a lot of them have been around.”

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

“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.”

“Everybody has said or done the wrong thing and regretted it later, but at the time, you really couldn't help it! As you get older, you're more guarded, but that's a really tough process of learning, to be brutally honest, about some things and keeping your mouth shut about others.”

“I feel like we're always learning about ourselves, but at twelve, you're learning big things that shape your identity.”

“'Paper Girls' in 1900 would be really cool. The girls could ride those old bicycles with the giant front wheel!”

“I don't like to be pigeon-holed.”