It is a known fact that the sheep that give us steel wool have no natural enemies.

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth.

I never liked my own species. On why so many of his comics are about animals, in an interview.

I thought some of my earlier cartoons were not exactly great shakes at the time I drew them. Now I see a certain innocence in them. The humor has a kind of purity to it, I guess. And it works better on some level for me now.

If a tree falls in the woods, and nobody is around to hear it, and it hits a mime, does anyone care?

By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry'.

My future plans are hazy, and I've yet to experience how much cartooning is in my blood and therefore how much I'll miss it. But I have some other interests, especially in music, and I will probably take the opportunity to delve into those things more deeply.