To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.

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.

If writing didn't require thinking then we'd all be doing it.

If you find yourself in the midst of dire circumstances, focus on your current blessings and future victories.

When I was very young I thought I was just like everyone else. I think it took me longer than most to realize I was different and even longer to realize that being different was what made me great

I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver.

Never be the brightest person in the room.

When Jett puts my face in his hands and tells me, 'Mommy you're so pretty' or smells me, it's so wonderful.

It drops down to a place I ain't going.

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.

The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.

I'm really not an angry vegan, but human beings are f***ing rude.