A cartoonist's style is created by weaknesses and personal restrictions as much as strengths.

I'm not a good businessman and I don't promote myself particularly well. It's best I don't talk to anybody lest I alienate myself.

I'm an adequatist! I would be happy with something adequate. Perfection's out of the question.

If you can learn to convey what you express in the first rough sketch, you're really saying what you need to say in that.

I don't know what I was thinking when I was starting out. I was hoping I'd get paid to draw realistic pictures of hockey players. I still hold that hope alive.

I've been thinking of trying to de-caricaturize Donald Trump. I thought it would be fun to try and, since he's already a caricature, to make him normal looking.

The dread was built into the 2016 election - a little spoonful of dread.

All my drawings always sort of looked funny even if I was trying to do serious stuff and express myself about grim situations. It was always cartoony.

Like poetry, in times of intense emotion the image returns to me. Like poetry, it stroked my soul and, by turns, lulled and stoked my senses.

I don’t even like the phrase ‘opportunity to sin’ because it implies the opportunity to obey.

This was like being in one of those National Geographic magazines. We were among the natives now.

Even if people laughed at the notion of goodness, if they found it sentimental, or nostalgic, it didn't matter -- it was non ov those things, he said, and it had to be fought for.

I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.

I'd been a stepparent for about two years with a woman who had a child, and I came to realize I adored children and was good with them. So I was very happy when Anna got pregnant.

Selfliss giving rounds the edges in spiritual practice. Many people can meditate very well but they're still very egotistical.

You're going to react to a painting in a way that the painting demands you react.

I'm going to keep drinking on stage. I have a pretty healthy relationship with alcohol. I know how far to go and when to stop.

My stylist coached me on how to stand for photos. Always put one leg forward and a hand on your hip.