I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right.

One of the things that appealed to me most about comics was that you can pick the ones you like and build your own personal pantheon.

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.

I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age.

Comics is different than writing because when you draw something you are trying to visualize it and you are trying to put yourself in that space. And when you're drawing something, all sorts of associations come up in my mind that I never would have thought of otherwise.

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.

I guess we all make choices as to how we want to live, right?