When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.

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Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know,...

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know,...

Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had...

Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had...

I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken...

I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken...

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone...

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone...

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from...

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from...

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father.

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white.

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white.

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting...

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting...

I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually...

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually...

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it....

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it....

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because...

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because...

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a...

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a...

You are committed to what you confess.

You are committed to what you confess.

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess...

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess...