I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself.

I don't know how anyone gets anything done in New York City. I vastly prefer living in the country. I just need a lot of quiet and solitude, and I'm so easily distracted. I mean, the Internet is enough to deal with.

It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew.

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

I'm not that good of a drawer. I don't know how people just draw stuff out of their head. I'm always creating schemes. If I have to draw someone sitting in a chair, I have to go find a chair, sit in it, and take a picture of myself sitting in it.