That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.

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.

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

When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you.

I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.

I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.

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.