I think anybody who is writing finds he puts a little bit of himself in all of the characters, at least in this kind of a strip. It's the only way that you can survive when you have to do something every day. You have to put yourself, all of your thoughts, all of your observations and everything you know into the strip.

Cartooning is preaching. And I think we have a right to do some preaching. I hate shallow humor. I hate shallow religious humor, I hate shallow sports humor, I hate shallowness of any kind.

You can't write a term paper before breakfast.

Happiness is loving your enemies.

It is difficult to talk about what I do, because I do it so I don't have to talk about it.

Sometimes I think my soul is full of weeds!

Never give your heart to a blockhead.