I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils.

I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils.

I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat.

I have very limited craftsmanship. And a lot of the stuff I make plays on that.

I have a really analytical approach to art. And the whole idea that you can't analyze what makes a joke funny...I do not agree with that at all.

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.

The thing I hear about a lot is when people over-sharpen their pencil with a single-blade pocket-sharpener and then when they put the pencil to the page, their tip breaks and pencil points always break irregularly. It always gets all jagged and you have to refresh the point. That's a common complaint.