I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the 'L' out of me.

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.

Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.

A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.

Goal begins with "GO."

We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.

Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the eye, the tug in the heart.

I don't have to come up with a ha-ha belly laugh every day, but drawings with warmth and love or ones that put a lump in the throat. That's more important to me than a laugh.

I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.

War did not make a killer of me, although for a time I killed men.

With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt because love is an amazing feeling.

To me, crazy is not someone who has a creative vision and will fight for it.

For a much lauded writer, I'm not terribly self-absorbed. In social situations, which are difficult for me - I mean, this is an interview - I'm normally uncomfortable talking about myself.

Clouds are fascinating to paint because they are the only element in a landscape that possesses free movement.

I shall be with Christ, and that is enough.

Make education a continuing, never-ending process.

A very big part of the life of a photograph is the afterlife.

The future, higher evolution will belong to those who live in joy, who share joy, and who spread joy.