I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.

My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple.

For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.

It's one thing to have a relationship, to lay your hands on it, and another to make it continue and last. That's something I haven't talked about much in my comic strips, and it's certainly something I'm interested in.