It's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art.

I guess I just don't have the killer instinct that I think makes a great political cartoonist.

My guess is that the editor [Cincinnati Post] wanted his own Jeff MacNelly (a Pulitzer winner at 24), and I didn't live up to his expectations. My Cincinnati days were pretty Kafkaesque.

I let my mind wander and it didn't come back.

There's no problem so awful that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse!

Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming, you have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it's going to come in handy all the time.

Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you aren't responsible for your actions.