Throwaway pens are no good - I never liked them. I've tried them all.

I'm into old-time music, I'm not very interested in modern, popular music at all. And if I'm really into some particular old-time musician, some fiddler or banjo player, I'm always dying of curiosity to see what they look like.

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

I didn't invent anything; it's all there in the culture; it's not a big mystery. I just combine my personal experience with classic cartoon stereotypes.

Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.