My mother was always encouraging about my wanting to be an artist.

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.

People build defenses around a weakness, not around strength. Where self-esteem is strong, a defense is unnecessary.

I didn’t know what

Oh, I'm crazy all right. I do have plenty of psychoses. Multiple personality, delusional dementia, OCD. I've got them all, but most of all, I'm crazy about you.

It never occurred to me to be an actor.

Songs really tend to connect.

You keep lyin' when you ought to be truthin'.

Time as he grows old teaches many lessons. - Aeschylus Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Man can be happy and safe only when the heart feels faster than the mind thinks.

Do not be misled by hearing of anyone's reputation.

If things do not change, there will be nothing left to change. Either power must pass to the people or everything will perish.