The ancestors of printed comics drew, painted and carved their time-paths from beginning to end, without interruption, ... the infinite canvas.

My dad was an inventor, and I think I've always had a rosy view of technology, or at least its potential.

Nobody knows what will work until they try it. Some of comics' biggest success stories in recent years have explored subjects that no one was writing about at the time - stories no one had any reason to think would succeed. My advice? Write what you want to read. You'll have more fun doing it - and if all else fails, you'll always have at least one loyal reader.

It wasn't until I discovered comics that I actually began to approach drawing as a possible career.

I wouldn't necessarily have been making books about how to make comics if I'd really felt I knew how to make comics.

Form and content must never apologize for each other.

Learn from everyone. Follow no one. Watch for patterns. Work like hell.