I have a preponderance to look smug in photos; something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners.

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't illustrate the story with the pictures.

The thing I don't understand is why so often one hears discussion of the fruits of human labor as if it's all the creation of some alien race.

A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have.

The modern world seems to make fun of people in a lot of ways.

Even the disappointing diffusion of a sheer curtain can suggest the most colorful bouquet of unspeakable secrets.

One of the most valuable things one of my art teachers said to me was, ‘Don’t get upset by criticism. Value the fact that at least someone noticed what you did.

I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age.

Comics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they're 100% personal.

Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included.

We are so constituted that we can gain intense pleasure only from the contrast, and only very little from the condition itself.

[ Woody Allen] persona in the films are so iconic; it's like on par with Groucho Marx or something like that.

Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender, ignominious capitulation, acceptance of defeat.

Directing a movie is the greatest job in the world. I could not be more envious of the guys who get to do it all the time.

I don't want to pick a team. I want to make people laugh and hopefully bring some - be humorous about the human experience, you know, whether they're people of any stripes of life.

Let every thought come and hug you, but you don't hug anything. Then, gradually, the noise will start to back off.

An idea is like a cold germ: sooner or later someone always catches it.

A day with out sun shine is like..........night

The mere understanding, however useful and indispensable, is the meanest faculty in the human mind and the most to be distrusted.

When I taught, all my best students were women.