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I Taught Myself How To Draw, And I Soon Found Out It Was What I Really Wanted To Do. I Didn't Think I Was Going To Create Any Great Masterpieces Like Rembrandt Or Gauguin. I Thought Comics Was A Common Form Of Art, And Strictly American In My Estimation, Because America Was The Home Of The Common Man - And Show Me The Common Man That Can't Do A Comic. So Comics Is An American Form Of Art That Anyone Can Do With A Pencil And Paper.

An American Is A Guy, A Rich Guy With A Family, A Decent Guy With A Family With As Many Kids As He Likes, Doing What He Wants, Working With People That He Likes, And Enjoying Himself To His Very Old Age.

Everybody Can Draw, In My Estimation. If You Give A Man 50 Years, He'll Come Up With The Mona Lisa.

I Never Duck Out Of A Fight; I Don't Care What The Hell The Odds Are, And I'm Rough At Times, But I Try To Be A Decent Guy All The Time. That's The Way I've Always Lived.

If You're A Thorough Professional, And They Won't Let You Do A Professional Job, Nobody's Going To Benefit From It. The People Who Produce It Won't Benefit. The People Who Buy It Won't Benefit From It. They're Going To Get A Half-assed Product.