I'd been upstaged, demoted from protagonist in my own drama to comic relief in my parents' tragedy

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Basically, my work is play. It never actually feels that way - I'm always aiming to attain that state. But I get to do for a living what I did as a child for fun, and that's pretty cool.

I try not to have anything too much going on between waking up and getting to work. I like to just be really fresh when I sit down. I always have my best ideas, like, within five minutes of starting. And then the rest of the day is just kind of putting in time.

I wish I had a typical workday. I struggle to get up at seven and almost always fail. I just try to get to my office as soon as I can, but it's always later than I would like.

You can't live and write at the same time.