Just because something makes you smile or laugh ... doesn't mean it's a joke.

It would be amazing to tell my grandchildren, like, 'Yeah, I was paid to sharpen 1,000 pencils.'

I've always liked Richard Pryor. I've always responded to rhythmic profanity.

I felt really conflicted about making money off stuff that's creatively satisfying.

I like to do things that are new, where I feel the sense of discovery.

Any working cartoonist will tell you this, anybody who's working in a creative field: at some point, it's a job. You have deadlines. I think, for over a year, I refused to make them for publications, because I only wanted to make them when I wanted to make them. But at some point, I was like, "This is crazy, you have an opportunity to be a professional cartoonist.

I like feeling like I'm discovering something new. That's really a special feeling and also, you don't have it that often. At least, I don't. Maybe I'm not creative enough.