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.

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.

The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.

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

A long time ago, I became aware that many of us have a tendency to lump nature into simplistic categories, such as what we consider beautiful or ugly, important or unimportant. As human a thing as that is to do, I think it often leads us to misunderstand the respective roles of life forms and their interconnectedness.

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

You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.