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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

When I say 'friends,' I use that term loosely, as I don't actually have any.