Sometimes I get worried I'm getting too caught up in the nauseatingly oily smoothness of my own line, when all I'm trying to do is make it as clear as possible.

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.

Where you are running to is not the answer, who is with you is the power.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.

Do not ask God the way to heaven

I kinda threw the spotlight away from me for a little while.

With kids, they force you to get out of bed. They force you to smile. They remind you of spontaneity.

Half the Sky: Turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide

When a man takes a woman for granted, he still looks for reassurance that she is still right there.

I used to do puppet theatre and also mime and musical theatre in Florida for competitions and festivals, which was great. I was very much involved in theatre when I was in college.

My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.