We're all idealistic when young.

There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population.

Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.

So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring.

I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows.

I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.

I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it.