I want to be better than five guys. I was that way when I used to box, I was that way in any sport. I want to compete with five other guys. If I beat five other guys, I'd like to see if I can beat six.

If America gave anybody anything it is ambition. Bad things would come out of it because some guys are in a hurry, but that doesn't mean they're evil or anything, it just means they fall into bad grace somehow.

If you think a man draws the type of hands that you want to draw, steal ‘em. Take those hands.

I feel that my characters all have some part of my character. I feel that they're all me in some way, certainly not in individuality, but they all bear elements of what I feel.

My parents were immigrants. And the place for all immigrants was the factories. They were the source of cheap labor.

I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through.

I achieved perfection, my type of perfection - visual storytelling. Storytelling was my style.