But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will

Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision

So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe

So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.

So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration

Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something

People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to

But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression

Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects

And I've never viewed comics as assignments for the client

I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.

When it comes to success. Rent is due everyday

I always hung around older dudes. I feel like I was more wise and I just had more knowledge of what was going on.

The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink.

Everything goes in cycles, to a degree.

A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object.

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

Leadership is about empathy.

When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.

The written argument endures. The oral argument is fleeting.

You want to dig your well where you have the best chance of finding water with the least amount of digging