As I got into the animation, as I learned more about the business, I learned that you need a lot of people to do anything animated - even a short, let alone a feature film. And you need a lot of money.

Feasting is also closely related to memory. We eat certain things in a particular way in order to remember who we are. Why else would you eat grits in Madison, New Jersey?

I never graduated, but I was kind of floating between journalism and art, because neither one wanted to claim me, as a cartoonist.

I don't go for the nouvelle approach - serving a rabbit rump with coffee extract sauce and a slice of kiwi fruit.

Walt Kelly was much more interested in allegory and politics, and I'm much more interested in metaphors and myth.

The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one.

That's right, kid. Never play an ace if a two will do.