Comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures.

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.

I'm sure someone out there has a workable solution. But what do I know? I make comic books and write about jazz. I do know the difference between right and wrong, though.

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.

Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz’s unsung heroes

I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . .

Am I a guy who writes about himself in a comic book, or am I just a character in that book? If I die, will that character keep going, or will he just fade away?

Life is about women, gigs, an' bein' creative.

I realize that I'm pretty flawed, but you know - I haven't killed anybody yet.

I had a wonderful family including my aunts, uncles and cousins but they've all gone to heaven.

I'm more married to Sandy now than when we were married with the legal document. We're still married as parents.

I would say the issue for the labor movement in the United States is not structural... there is no correlation between the success of workers and how the labor movement is structured.

War ends only when people love each other.

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for those realities.

As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.

[On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.

Remember, that the logo is really the dot on top of the i.

Most of us have experienced wow moments. We just haven't taken time to think deeply about them.

Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.