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.

Once a week, I am a very desperate man.

In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers.

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.

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

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.

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