I had the impression in art school that cartooning was thought of as a lesser art than painting because cartoons are reproduced, so the "work" is not….

I think maybe to survive, I mean to just get through the day - I'm not saying that everything is hilariously funny..

I noticed that I used to go to second hand shops and flea markets and find funny, cute things, but now I go into those stores, and I think, This is d….

I just really love the cartoon form. I love the plasticity of it..

The fact that cartoons are reproduced doesn't mean anything to me as far as whether they are "real art" or not..

Childhood - that was not my favorite time in my life..

Theres something about most phobias where theres a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen..

You would open a drawer, which my father had jammed full of newspapers, and the bottom would drop out. There were buttons and screws and nails and bo….

I think when you really love something, you notice the minutiae..

I always imagined my little cartoons on plates for some reason..

I used to love to draw things that made me laugh or made friends laugh. When I was 13 or 14, I started thinking, This is what I like to do more than ….

Even under the best of circumstances - in twenty-first century America at least - caring for elderly parents ain't no place for sissies..

Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate..

It's almost selfishness, taking care of your mental health. You can't just not do it..

My life is so boring that your brains are going to melt and come out of your eyes..

A friend of mine gave me a very good piece of advice, which is if you don't think your kids are going to want it, don't take it..

I cannot stand superheroes. I do not understand any of its appeal. It has just bored me to death since I was a little kid..

I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there’s any grudges I should start..

I love seeing original cartoons. You get to see the artist's corrections, like erasures or Wite-Out or patches, and you get to see the artist's line ….

As I would soon learn myself, cleaning up what a parent leaves behind stirs up dust, both literal and metaphorical. It dredges up memories. You feel ….

My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it..