I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be "seen through," or, even worse, instantly hated.

There is absolutely no single aspect of one's personality that is more important to develop than empathy, which is not a skill at which men typically are asked to excel. I believe empathy is not only the core of art, literature and music, but should also be at the core of society, from ethics to economics.

The real power of comics is writing as you draw.

I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other.

The modern world seems to make fun of people in a lot of ways.

I have a preponderance to look smug in photos; something to do with the way my mouth turns up at the corners.

Drawing on a computer doesn't make any sense to me. It's not intuitive.