Comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures.

It's the stuff that happens right in front of your face when there's no routine and everything is unexpected. That's what I want to write about.

I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences.

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

I'm a guy that likes to sit in one place

People will believe absurd things - in the 19th century and now.

I always wanted praise and I always wanted attention; I won't lie to you. I was a jazz critic and that wasn't good enough for me. I wanted people to write about me, not me about them. So I thought, What could I do? I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't act or anything like that. OK, I can write.