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I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which...

I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which...

I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.

I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.

I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper.

I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper.

The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have...

The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have...

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for...

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for...

Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.

Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.

Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.

Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.

It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and...

It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and...

On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a...

On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a...

Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log...

Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log...

What's much harder is taking on people in your own community.

What's much harder is taking on people in your own community.

I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons...

I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons...

There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was...

There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was...

Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at...

Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at...

There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward...

There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward...

I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their...

I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their...

I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist,...

I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist,...

Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the...

Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the...

I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke...

I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke...

You can't undo a deportation.

You can't undo a deportation.