I try to make everyone's day a little more surreal.

The problem with people is that they're only human.

I don't enjoy lettering very much, but that's the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

You can draw a penguin on a toilet reading The New York Times and it's adorable, but try doing it with an adult male character, and it's disgusting.

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

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.