In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.

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.

Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in... But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.

Books are almost always better than the movies made from them, because there are things books do well and things movies do well, but usually those things don't overlap: the same with comics and animation.

I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.

You know, there are times when it's a source of personal pride to not be human.

What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?