It's almost selfishness, taking care of your mental health. You can't just not do it.

My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it.

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

I used to love to draw things that made me laugh or made friends laugh. When I was 13 or 14, I started thinking, This is what I like to do more than anything else.

I noticed that I used to go to second hand shops and flea markets and find funny, cute things, but now I go into those stores, and I think, This is dead people's stuff. This is all, like, somebody cleaned out their parents' house, and I don't want any of it. If I didn't want it from my parents, I don't want it from your parents.

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.

Theres something about most phobias where theres a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen.