Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate.

I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there’s any grudges I should start.

I gave up on ever trying to get 'my way.' I barely knew it existed.

My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it.

I used to love to draw things that made me laugh or made friends laugh. When I was 13 or 14, I started thinking, This is what I like to do more than anything else.

The fact that cartoons are reproduced doesn't mean anything to me as far as whether they are "real art" or not.

Theres something about most phobias where theres a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen.

I just really love the cartoon form. I love the plasticity of it.

I think when you really love something, you notice the minutiae.

Even under the best of circumstances - in twenty-first century America at least - caring for elderly parents ain't no place for sissies.

You could pray all you want that you have a massive stroke while you're working and die, but possibly that won't happen, and you'll be in this bed, and somebody's going to have to clean you up.

Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts.

Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend.

I'm very interested in architecture.

Life is great; football is better. Steve Sabol.

A lot of people aren't aware of the years and years of humiliation and horrible shows I've played.

The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them.

All men are created to lead, but we need somebody to lead us.

The way prices are rising, the good old days are last week.

As a society, I think older women are marginalized, but I think that has changed so much in the last twenty years.

The artist is he who can take something ordinary and wring out of it attar of roses.