Storytelling is what lights my fire.

The older you get, the more you realize that the way you look is a reflection of how you treat yourself.

There's nothing I love more than a good cry.

I feel like I'm one of the happiest people I know.

I have a husband and children, and it affects me deeply that somebody could be taken away in a second.

I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat.

I travel all the time, and I have two small children.

I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.

I just love to make a whole roomful of people laugh.

I haven't frequented a nail salon in a long time.

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.

The doors of Hell are never bolted or barred, to those who belong there.

I love glamour and artificial beauty. I love the idea of artifice and dressing up and makeup and hair.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

Losing the PR battles, particularly about healthcare, translated into losing his Democratic majorities in Congress, beginning with a Republican landslide in the midterm election of 2010.

I try to make puzzles range all the way from easy to hard, and to leave many open at once.

Anyway, that was the last good day I had with Gus until the Last Good Day.

These girls want nothing to do with last season's clothes.

Learning, without any opportunities to share what we've learned, is a little like cooking for ourselves; we do it, but we probably won't do it as well.

I've occasionally been asked to talk on Israel-Palestine. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it elicits hysteria in the community.

I separate cartooning, which is fun and wacky and soulful, from illustration, which is very well-drawn and extremely uptight to look at. There's a difference. I'm a cartoonist.