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.

I'm a pointillist, just working my tiny little piece of the canvas. I'm not so good at perspective.

America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant.

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.

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.

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

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