History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are always reinterpreted when values change. We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.

You know what I like about summer days? They're just made for doing things... even if it's nothing. Especially if it's nothing.

I learned about what I love. Imagination, deep friendship, animals, family, the natural world, ideas and ideals ... and silliness.

You never know when some crazed rodent with cold feet could be running loose in your pants.

I was offered a job at the Cincinnati Post as their editorial cartoonist in a trial six month arrangement. The agreement was that they could fire me or I could quit with no questions asked if things didn't work out during the first few months. Sure enough, things didn't work out, and they fired me, no questions asked.

Virtual reality has nothing on Calvin.

We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are.