I'm always looking for things I imagine must exist, but don't - this is usually the impetus to create that thing myself.

When I go back and reread the stuff, I'm always floored by how deeply personal and revealing it actually is.

I think that gulf is what makes the work interesting, but as a creator it's endlessly frustrating because I'm starting out with this goal, this thing I'm trying to create, and then the thing I actually do create is very, very different. It's always painful, in some ways, especially when it's just finished.

At a certain point, I realized that I could draw anything, and there was nothing I should avoid - I could make it work. That's opened me up to being able to be much more comfortable telling any kind of story.

I think that's what we're all most terrified about: that we'll just die and disappear and we'll leave no trace.

In an art school it's very hard to tell who is the best.

I'm a fan of parchment and wood pulp.