Where there's smoke, there's bound to be mirrors.

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.

Freedom should always be discussed within the context of responsibility.

Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.

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.

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.

At some point free expression absolutism becomes childish and unserious.