Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.

The poor are the only ones who suffer. And they're used to it.

I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.

The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.

At college my three main interests were - in descending order of importance - a steady supply of recreational drugs, a 2-S draft deferment, and overthrowing the Nixon administration.

Keith Knight is mapping out a previously unknown vector of the vast cartoon universe.

I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.