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" Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery. "

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" I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with. "

" When you're young, with less on the line, it's easier to be audacious, to experiment. So I introduced the concerns of my generation - politics, sex, drugs, rock-and-roll, etc. - to the comics page, which for many years caused a rolling furor. "

" I'm never happier than when I'm not working. The strip is a job - that's why I take money for it. It's a job I'm passionate about, but it's a job I totally leave in the studio when I walk out of here, unless I'm late and I have to work at home. I never think of the strip unless I'm compelled to. "

" I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing. "

" Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better. "

" There is nothing worse than annotated humour. "

" Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it. "

" Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables. "

" I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent. "

" I don't think so, but it's always in the back of my mind that many of the soldiers being wounded and killed in Iraq are about the same age as my kids. My godson is going over soon, so the war's about to get personal for me. "

" Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job. "

" As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table. "

" I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be. "

" Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint. "

" Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military. "

" There's always been some concern that adult subject matter should be quarantined from a page that attracts children. Unlike late at night, when 'South Park' and 'Colbert' are on, impressionable minds are wide awake when the newspaper arrives. "

" For the most part, editors no longer view 'Doonesbury' as a rolling provocation, which is fine by me. It makes no sense to intentionally antagonize the very people on whose support you most depend. "

" I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination. "

" Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room? "

" I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear. "

" In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers. "

" In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are. "

" The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view. "

" Any time you bring sexuality into the comics pages, you have to brace for pushback. "

" I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence. "

" Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day. "

" I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career. "

" The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure. "

" That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings. "

" Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't? "