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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them.

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...

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....

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

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

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

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...

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid.