It's best to love your family as you would a Siberian tiger-from a distance, preferably separated by bars.

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when youre in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you. Its a great trick.

You 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.

A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to me, I dont know what they think.

Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting.

If somebody is not on the same page with me humor wise, I can't give them that.

We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats.