I can't believe it! Reading and writing actually paid off!

I would prefer to listen to a French classical composer like Olivier Messiaen than to the pop hits of the day.

A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told - obeyed - everything would be fine. But that's not what life is all about. That's not real. It's never going to happen.

Lisa: 'Do we have any food that wasn't brutally slaughtered?' Homer: 'Well, I think the veal died of loneliness.'

When DVDs finally disappear, I'm going to be sad. I'll miss the commentaries.

Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I'm in a good mood, generally the comic strip starts out in a good mood, but the punchline is very negative and sour.

Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.