What kind of a day was it? A day like all others, that alters and illuminates our times. And you were there.

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.

I'm sure someone out there has a workable solution. But what do I know? I make comic books and write about jazz. I do know the difference between right and wrong, though.

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.

Comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures.

Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz’s unsung heroes

I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . .

Am I a guy who writes about himself in a comic book, or am I just a character in that book? If I die, will that character keep going, or will he just fade away?

Life is about women, gigs, an' bein' creative.

And so, here at the end of days, you are as you’ve always been. Willing to die. Not willing to quit

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

Whenever people reach out the hand of friendship towards me, I am not going to refuse that hand.

We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously.

Man cannot demand that others give up their lives to make him happy.

There's some people that are 24 hours with the baby and it doesn't make a difference. They could be anywhere.

Love may be the fairest gem which Society has filched from Nature; but what is motherhood save Nature in her most gladsome mood? A smile has dried my tears.

I try to make the set as relaxed and fun and stress-free as humanly possible, while still having control over things. It's usually tension that hurts a performance or makes it seem self-conscious.

My clothes are very popular in Japan.