Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate.

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

Even under the best of circumstances - in twenty-first century America at least - caring for elderly parents ain't no place for sissies.

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.'

Childhood - that was not my favorite time in my life.

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.

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