I still can't spend a lot of money on records at collector prices. There's something in me that just won't allow me to do that. But I will trade my artwork, which I know is worth thousands of dollars.

The French hold onto their traditions. I was always so alienated in America. My work was this constant reaction to that.

When I listen to old music, that's one of the few times that I actually have a kind of love for humanity.

I guess I didn't enjoy drawing very much. It was like homework.

When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved... we didn't have anyone standing over us.

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.

Your vigor for life appalls me.