Readers have told me that their children have learned to read after years of struggle after starting to read Garfield's comic strip and many people who have moved to the United States have said that they, too, learned English by reading Garfield.

I have a fear of letting my mind wander. I'm afraid it might not come back.

I'm still a farm boy at heart. If I hadn't suffered from asthma as a child, I would be a farmer today.

I was very happy and honored to create the Professor Garfield Foundation with Ball State to make reading fun.

You have to do something when you're lying in bed. So you play with your mind.

I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition.

Jon: Our only thought is to entertain you! Garfield: Feed me.