I'd be a Libertarian, if they weren't all a bunch of tax-dodging professional whiners.

Doonesbury had the requisite and overwhelming influence in 1980, as it did on any college cartoonist who was paying attention, of course.

I was never asked to join the Editorial Cartoonists Of America. No fraternity would have me in college, either. I think they know something.

Irony can elude the genius among us, sometimes.

Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent bird... a social being... capable of actual affection... nuzzling its young with almost human- like compassion. Anyway, it's dead and we're gonna eat it. Please give our respects to its family.

Cartooning is about deconstruction: you gotta tear something down to make a joke.

My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.