I prefer the Chinese method of eating.... You can do anything at the table except arm wrestle.

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

I think the audience is truly all ages: I don't put anything in there that kids can't see, or shouldn't see, but I have to keep it interesting for me as an adult

I'm so hungry, comrade! It has been days since we ate those two raccoons!' 'I know comrade. I'm even beginning to wish we had some of your homemade quiche!' 'Oh comrade! Do you mean it?' 'Hey--Hey! None of that! If you ever tell anyone I said that, I'll deny it!

I prefer the Chinese method of eating.... You can do anything at the table except arm wrestle.

Stupid, Stupid Rat Creatures!

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