If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well.

Design is a response to a specific problem. You are given a problem to solve, and then you let the problem itself tell you what your solution is.

Much is to be gained by eBooks: ease, convenience, portability. But something is definitely lost: tradition, a sensual experience, the comfort of thingy-ness - a little bit of humanity.

Design is, literally, purposeful planning. Graphic Design, then, is the form those plans will take.

A book cover is a distillation. It is a haiku of the story.

I had no idea what I was doing, I had no idea where I was going, but at some point I stopped — when to keep going would seem like I was going too far.

Commercial Art tries to make you buy things. Graphic Design gives you ideas.

If you intend to die, you can do anything.

Life is a life-long assignment that must be constantly analyzed, clarified, figured out, and responded to appropriately.

I think too many comic book covers are way too busy, crammed with far too much information, both visual and verbal, that just becomes a dull noise.

I am all for the iPad, but trust me - smelling it will get you nowhere.

Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.

It may be that only when xenophobia stops working as an election winner will the way be cleared for a return to bipartisanship

I get a kick out of cursing people for life on Sundays.

Death is too much to ask of the living.

Lakshmi is a celestial being who lives in a higher plane of existence. Her mantra is "Sring." When you chant it, it brings beauty and light into your consciousness.

I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.

The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!

The way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame.

Look upon every obstacle as part payment towards your success.

Don't seek to be a person of fame, for even villains can be famous. Instead, be a person of value. Fame fades but value is honored.