We grew out of the superhero comics, but we still liked comics, so we started putting our own experiences in the stories we were doing for our own amusement.

Our father died when we were very young, so our mother raised six kids. We saw the world filtered through her eyes, being a minority woman raising six kids.

Dennis the Menace was probably the most realistic comic book ever done. No space aliens ever invaded!

My two biggest influences are Archie comics and Dennis the Menace.

It wasn't until school that we realised that we were abnormal.

We thought everybody read comics. We didn't know we were weird. We didn't know people that collected comics were strange. It was as normal as listening to rock music on the radio.

You must always remember, because the mediocre mind you encounter may be your own.

If a good cartoonist can make a living making his comics, he'll continue to do that; the lesser insincere cartoonist that gets a lot of press will fall by the wayside eventually.

I'm working so much I don't see the work of many young cartoonists so it's hard for me to tell which are my favourites. Maybe when I get to stick my head out of the sand I'll be able to let you know.

When you're young you don't know anything, but you have lot of energy to express yourself. So you make a lot of mistakes and you stumble, but you also get a lot of truth from within.

I've dealt with Hollywood about having my work made into a film or cartoon but nothing came of it. That's not to say I wouldn't like to see something happen.

To put in the effort needed to create the life of your dreams, you first need to develop a burning desire.

The weight of absence is as much a feature of any library as the constriction of order and space.

Why do I seem to have this effect on women? They're around me and they cry.

We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

I love stories and acting is a way to tell stories. Everyone assumes I've done it my whole life.

I certainly have a lot to lament, as do we all, everybody has their griefs. But the griefs we can fix, shouldn't we go around fixing them?

The only map of your right life is written on your soul at its most peaceful, and the only sure compass is your heart at its most open.

I guess entertainment means blatantly lyin'

I'm quite an example. I have four kids, all from the same wife, all from the same husband.

When you see that any scholar loves the world, then his scholarship is in doubt.