Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has directed, a film with minimal or pin lighting as opposed to everythin….

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

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

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

One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency ….

Cartooning is an honorable thing.

[I]n his presence I thoroughly lived..

I'm never sure why I do anything, to tell you the truth..

Some of my peers are artists who are at the same level as I am and have been getting paid more than I have, so there's even a pay gap. It's disgustin….

That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do..

I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all..

No one will ever touch Elvis.

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

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life..

The modern artist, by nature and destiny, is always an individualist..

A success unshared is a failure..

I've never been fired in my life..

To me, love has always meant friendship..

If we persist in our restless desire to know everything about the universe and ourselves, then we must not be afraid of what the artist brings back f….

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm..