You had to grow up sometime. The fellows who grew early, they were in jeopardy. They became the cops and the crooks, and the crooks became the gangsters. The crooks became the Al Capones.

Kid ... Comics will break your heart.

I don't want to take somebody else's beating. That makes me unhappy.

All human beings have the capability of doing what they want, what they're attracted to.

Life at best is bittersweet.

I've never done anything half-heartedly; it's a disservice to me and the audience if I do it half-heartedly.

If you're drawing a Western town, you can duplicate that Western town from instinct alone. Some artists may take it from other illustrations or duplicate what you've drawn, but it will never have that gut reality that's instinctive in the artist.