I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

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.

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

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.

Thinking is mind over matter.

I'd say the depths of his stupidity have yet to be plumbed, and yours is comin' up fast on the inside turn.

She couldn’t help wondering if that was how one made the decision to forgive or not. If letting go hurt more than accepting someone’s mistakes.

Anger may bring extra energy, but it eclipses the best part of our brain: its rationality. The energy of anger is almost always unreliable.

When you express your unique talents and use them in the service of humanity, you create abundance in your life and the lives of others.

We learn from the Gospel that when they asked Jesus what the truth was, he did not reply.

You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men.

A dynamic duo who work well together can be worth any three people working in isolation.

Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.

The thing you always have to remember is, you look at people and they might look like a failure but there's often a narrow thing they do very well.