I think the experience forced me to consider how interested I was in political cartooning. After I was fired, I applied to other papers but political cartooning, like all cartooning, is a very tough field to break into. Newspapers are very reluctant to hire their own cartoonists when they can get Oliphant or MacNelly through syndication for a twentieth of the price.

You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D's in school. Well guess what, I get F's!!!

Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.

It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.

Even when you look for it, you're never prepared for it.

I'd hate to have a kid like me.

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