People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are.

Oh, I was never a very big Jim Woodring fan. I've never thought his work was that great.

Leslie Stein's comics give readers privileged access to a complete and wholly original world of gently skewed wonders.

It takes more drawing to tell a story in pantomime.

I think that cartoons have a lot more power than they're given credit for.

I do sort of feel like I'm building my monument with what I do, but it's pretty small and inconsequential compared to real works of genius like this, which are giving vast inspiration to humanity. But I guess I shouldn't even say that. It's ridiculous to say that. You are what you are. My stature suits me.

When I was a kid, I used to see apparitions and have hallucinations, and my entire perception of the world was badly disoriented. And I had kind of a chaotic childhood because of that. I've really hung onto it, though. Because I actually like those feelings.