My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where I grew up.

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

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

I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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...

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I'm working on that. I'm giving...

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I'm working on that. I'm giving...

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.

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,...

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that...

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that...

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....

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...

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to...

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to...

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older.

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older.

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.

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...

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

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

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that...

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that...

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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.

It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting...

It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting...