I don't have to come up with a ha-ha belly laugh every day, but drawings with warmth and love or ones that put a lump in the throat. That's more important to me than a laugh.

In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.

Time goes by at such a pace,it's funny how it's easy to forget her face

I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.

OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children.

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.

I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids. It's a subject that is near and dear to me.