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.

When you can't draw chameleons and you can't draw blenders, it's a bad idea to write strips where chameleons become blenders.

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

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

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.

I 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.

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.