Theme-park Approach To Nature. We Judge Plants

A Long Time Ago, I Became Aware That Many Of Us Have A Tendency To Lump Nature Into Simplistic Categories, Such As What We Consider Beautiful Or Ugly, Important Or Unimportant. As Human A Thing As That Is To Do, I Think It Often Leads Us To Misunderstand The Respective Roles Of Life Forms And Their Interconnectedness.

I Think It's Vital To Be Honest With Yourself. You Do Have To Satisfy Yourself First. If You're Drawing Something, You Have To Ask Yourself If It's Something You Genuinely Think Is Funny. Or Is It Starting To Fall Into Just A Category, Just Kind Of A Shtick Thing? I Think It's Important For All Cartoonists To Be Honest With Themselves About Their Own Sense Of Humor And What They're Doing.

I Don't Believe In The Concept Of Hell, But If I Did I Would Think Of It As Filled With People Who Were Cruel To Animals.

The Idea For Any Cartoon (my Experience, Anyway) Is Rarely Spontaneous. Good Ideas Usually Evolve Out Of Pretty Lame Ones, And Vice Versa.

On Career Day In High School, You Don't Walk Around Looking For The Cartoon Guy.