If you're a painter, it's simply taken for granted that you'll spend a lot of time in museums studying great paintings, but if you're a cartoonist, it used to be very hard to see an original cartoon drawing.

I enjoy the drawing more than the writing, so I try to think of ideas that will allow me to develop the visual side of the strip as fully as possible.

HOBBES: All this modern technology just makes people try to do everything at once.

To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.

Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.

What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?

I wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you can just get most people to leave you alone, you're doing good. If you can find even one person you really like, you're lucky. And if that person can also stand you, you're really lucky.