You would open a drawer, which my father had jammed full of newspapers, and the bottom would drop out. There were buttons and screws and nails and bottle caps and jar lids – the drawer of jar lids! Why? Because they're made of metal and maybe there'll be another war and we'll need the metal. A friend of mine – I quote him in the book – says, 'You have found the source of the river eBay.'

I just really love the cartoon form. I love the plasticity of it.

The fact that cartoons are reproduced doesn't mean anything to me as far as whether they are "real art" or not.

I like being able to go grocery shopping and not feel that Im fighting a thousand people.

I always imagined my little cartoons on plates for some reason.

You would open a drawer, which my father had jammed full of newspapers, and the bottom would drop out. There were buttons and screws and nails and bottle caps and jar lids – the drawer of jar lids! Why? Because they're made of metal and maybe there'll be another war and we'll need the metal. A friend of mine – I quote him in the book – says, 'You have found the source of the river eBay.'

A friend of mine gave me a very good piece of advice, which is if you don't think your kids are going to want it, don't take it.