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

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

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" I think it's very dangerous for people who do anything that's public to venture on the Web and check out what people are saying about them. Yes, you're bound to find things that will delight you - but you also find things that will make you brood and feel bad about yourself. Why would you intentionally invite that into your life? "

" Comic-strip artists generally have very modest ambitions. Day to day, we labor to fit together all these little moving parts - a character or two, a few lines of dialogue, framing, pacing, payoff - but we certainly don't think of them adding up over time to some larger portrait of our times. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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