I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer.

I remember my comic strips being called "new wave." It bugged me.

At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive.

I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.

Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed.

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.

I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all.