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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" I'm a pointillist, just working my tiny little piece of the canvas. I'm not so good at perspective. "

" There is nothing worse than annotated humour. "

" 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. "

" When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you. "

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

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

" I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day. "

" I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant. "

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

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