I do sometimes miss doing that lighter, more humorous work, and I find there's a heavier responsibility that goes along with a literary reputation. You have to start knowing what you're talking about and you have to go have public conversations with writers. That's been pretty intense; I have to really stay on top of things in a way I didn't before.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure

Although I am good at enumerating my father’s flaws, it’s hard for me to sustain much anger at him. I expect this is partly because he’s dead, and partly because the bar is lower for fathers than it is for mothers.

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