When you can't draw chameleons and you can't draw blenders, it's a bad idea to write strips where chameleons become blenders.
Stephan PastisI don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first.
Stephan PastisBasically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying.
Stephan PastisIt's best to love your family as you would a Siberian tiger-from a distance, preferably separated by bars.
Stephan PastisYou can write a little and can draw a little, but there's necessarily a limitation on both in a comic strip, since it appears in such a tiny space.
Stephan PastisI recently forced myself to read a book on quantum physics, just to try and learn something new. I was confused by the middle of the first sentence and it all went downhill from there. The only thing I can remember learning is that a parallel universe can theoretically be contained on the head of a needle. I don't really know what that means, but I am now more careful handling needles.
Stephan Pastis