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 could not do what I do if I were not obsessive compulsive to a certain extent. I don't act clinically OCD. I'm not going to check things so many times I have to take drugs for it. But the kind of complicated and painstaking work I have to do to make my drawings, it just kind of harnesses that compulsive energy in a constructive way.

The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together.

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.

The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings.

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

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