I'm very harsh on real estate agents. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because of how the call every small house 'charming' and every run-down house a 'great fixer-upper'. Just once, I'd like them to show me a house and declare, 'This one's a piece of crap'.

Most poetry just confounds me. I really want to like it, but I can't help thinking it's a hoax. (p. 24)

I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first.

The phrase 'I just turn on my monkey and it makes me feel good' sounds very dirty, but I can't explain why. It's great to try to use expressions like that on the comics page. People want to complain but they can't, because they can't figure out quite what they should be complaining about.

If you put me in South Park, that audience is going to fall asleep in five minutes.

The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration.

If a restaurant offers crayons, I always take them and color throughout the meal. It beats talking to the people I came to dinner with.