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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.