'Cartoonists' dirty secret is that we tend to come up with stories that involve things that are really fun to draw.

The American conscience died with the Kennedys.

You don't... get it, boy... This isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon.

I don't own an ounce of the work I've ever done on 'Batman,' and I still work on 'Batman.' I love the character, I think it's a lot of fun, and it's kind of fun to be in that ballpark every once in a while, where you're seeing a different crowd.

In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.

But I'm not trying to convince anybody how to vote or how to live. Nobody's ever successfully accused me of being realistic.

A man without hope is a man without fear.