I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?

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I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be...

I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be...

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.

In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.

In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.

If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.

If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.

I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who...

I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who...

I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking...

I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking...

I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons....

I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons....

If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of...

If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of...

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.

I believe love is primarily a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want...

I believe love is primarily a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want...

We don't always get to choose what we love.

We don't always get to choose what we love.

I keep trying to hide how much I love you, but just being your friend...

I keep trying to hide how much I love you, but just being your friend...

Her biggest secret? Shes constantly pushing away guys that actually care, all because shes still...

Her biggest secret? Shes constantly pushing away guys that actually care, all because shes still...

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship...

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship...

Life has taught us that love does not consist of gazing at each other, but...

Life has taught us that love does not consist of gazing at each other, but...

Technically, I'm single but my heart is taken by someone I can't call my own.

Technically, I'm single but my heart is taken by someone I can't call my own.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...

Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit; For if...

Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit; For if...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...