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.

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.

I get to do for a living what I did as a child for fun, and that's pretty cool.

Self-published media are really critical. It's so heartwarming that people are still doing it in this digital age. It's just really moving and exciting. You can't really replace a beautiful little mini-comic. It doesn't translate to the computer, you know? Handmade stuff has really given me hope for humanity.

It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!

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.

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.