There's arrogance for you. I think all artists insert themselves into their subject matter.

On the other hand, I'm drawn to top hats, and spats, and mustaches. I haven't read a Missed Connection yet with someone wearing a monocle, but rest assured I'll snap it up if I do.

I look for ambiguous messages to illustrate...I like some detail but not too much detail.

Odd things happen in New York, which is why it's such a great source of stories.

I usually draw in silence, but listen to music or public radio when I'm painting, after all the important decisions have been made.

But mostly I think two people do share a moment, and we all know that feeling, and it can put a spring in your step for the rest of the day.

Some people have recognized their friends in my paintings, but I'm not directly responsible for any hooking up as far as I know!

There are more than a few messages from lonely people wondering why they never find themselves described...I illustrated one, "How come no one ever misses me?" They kill me, those.

Dreams would always end with you, and then mornings would steal you away with a cruelty that haunted my days.

Although it's good to have talent, character is so much important because bad character is an enemy of great talent.

You can get an idea of human nature only when you can see the relationship of the individual human being to the whole cosmos.

I love all the soft candy. I'm not a big fan of the hard candy though.

If you have enough money to be comfortable it makes life a lot easier and that's undeniable. But I think happiness is more elusive.

This is the United States of America. It means we respond to our fellow Americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster.

Life (ayu) is the combination (samyoga) of body, senses, mind and reincarnating soul. Ayurveda is the most sacred science of life, beneficial to humans both in this world and the world beyond.

We take in more a week now than we did in two years when I first came to the church.

Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379 Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue.