The great thing about this jungle of ours is that anyone of you could grow up to be Lord of the apes.

Wait a minute! This is grass! We've been eating grass!

I don't read cartoons because I think for the most part the comics don't have an interest for me. There's just nothing there these days that makes me want to go seek them out. I'm not trying to say my work wouldn't have sparked that same reaction from somebody else. There's just nothing there for me personally.

Thunderstick?... You actually said, 'Thunderstick?'... That, my friend is a Winchester 30.06.

I think it's vital to be honest with yourself. You do have to satisfy yourself first. If you're drawing something, you have to ask yourself if it's something you genuinely think is funny. Or is it starting to fall into just a category, just kind of a shtick thing? I think it's important for all cartoonists to be honest with themselves about their own sense of humor and what they're doing.

The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.

I think I'm maintaining the quality, but internally I'm paying for it.