One of the things that appealed to me most about comics was that you can pick the ones you like and build your own personal pantheon.

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.

I have tremendous respect for anyone who can control his palate enough to learn not only to drink beer but to enjoy it too.

Who owned no property and never desired to since the earth was no man's but all men's, as light and air and weather were.

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes

Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

I know that strong trade unions and best supported by Labour Government actually protect worker's rights.

Perhaps the male has become an artist in the creation of many hidden ways of killing himself.

[after accepting a gift from a Kenyan woman] You are a woman, aren't you?

When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It's like the library: if you return them in good condition, you get to borrow more. I'm very lucky.

You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential.