Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out.

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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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.

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...

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.

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...

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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

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

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

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

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'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

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

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,...

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...

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...