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

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

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.

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

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

If you're from a certain generation, you basically learn to read with 'Peanuts.' It's sort of the template for the modern strip. Its influence ceased to be noticed because it's in everything.

Whenever I see people with their collars up, I'm tempted to point it out to them like you would for someone who has a food stain on their shirt or food in their teeth, as if to say, 'Your fashion sense is so offensive I'm assuming it's some sort of accident you'll want to fix.