You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you just give it a shake and watch what comes out and shake it again. It's like that.

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.

Things can be low on the food chain, but that doesn't mean they're lowly.

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

People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folks. You laugh or you don't.' Gee, I sound shallow. But I don't react to current events or other stimuli. I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly.

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

I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians.