I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are so awful.

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.

Most people don't know how to tell stories.

Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else.

When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.

If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.

I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.

When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.

The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.

When you do a cartoon based on news headlines, you do it based on incomplete information.

Close friends love you for who you are; not what they want you to be.

Walk with care in dark places, and do not put your faith in anyone who promises you the forgiveness of the Lord or a certain place in Paradise.

American election was really personal for Putin because he believed that Clinton is a personal enemy. He genuinely believed she was behind the Moscow protests in 2012, 2011.

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.

A ball is like a very disciplined child. It does exactly what it is told to do. Great information, great direction and great results. Inadequate information leads to inadequate results.

The primary object of a student of literature is to be delighted. His duty is to enjoy himself, his efforts should be directed to developing his faculty of appreciation.

Non-co-operation is a movement intended to invite Englishmen to co-operate with us on honourable terms or retire from our land.

I don't really want to hang out with politicians. I'd rather go straight to hell, and not collect $200.

Friends don't let friends commit social suicide.

I absolutely do not need a salary or a job, that's the last thing I need.

There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.