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.

On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.

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

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.

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

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

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