I'm one of those people with restless hands. I need to be doodling, or biting my nails, or making socks.
I love drawing what the character is feeling, in my comics, with no dialogue.
Comics taught me how to write, and also patience and confidence.
Impressing a bunch of snooty teenagers is a pretty lame life goal to have.
I'm fortunate enough to get to make books for a living, so I spend my entire workday alone in my studio quietly doing my favorite thing in the world. When I need a break from that, it's usually because I'm desperate to see other human beings again!
Knitting is repetitive, rewarding, and calms me down like a warm bath. But it takes up juuuust enough brainspace that I can't come up with ideas. Which is too bad, because I love multitasking.