There are many people who get beat up, who suffer, who are victimized, and then they sit down to write and they write crap. How many of these graphic novels over the years are from really talented people? Most of them actually, if you look at them, are self-pitying confessionals about "poor me".

It is not size or age that separates children from adults. It is responsibility.

I'm well beyond dyslexic: I have no sense of direction; I never know where I am.

Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

When I am working a book, I go through my library and take a look through some of the great cartoonists of the past, like Cliff Sterrett, who did "Polly and Her Pals," or Winsor McCay who did "A Little Nemo in Slumberland," and Herriman - and I just looked through these guys and looked for somebody to steal. You know, looked for who I could swipe, or turn into - who's work I will turn into my work. And I still use, after all these years, these artists as inspirations. So, here in my eighties, I go back to when I was eight for my inspiration.

Design is important because chaos is so hard.

Eventually, if it's on your mind, you stumble on it. You need a certain amount of luck and persistence.