Business is very personal. For me, everything is extremely personal. With actors, the fact that I write helps, because when you say to an actor "Oh I want you to do it a little bit more ...," without saying what you want more of, then the actor doesn't know what to do. But if you can put into words exactly what you want, then the experience of writing is helpful with that.

I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.

It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

With animation, if something does not fit, you always have the time to change it. When you make a live-action movie, when your days of shooting are over, they are over forever.

In every religion, you find the same extremists.

For me, who loves to draw and who loves to write and cannot choose between one or the other, the comic is the best form.