I read a lot of 'Spark Notes' in high school.
I'm basically stubborn. If anyone disapproved of my being influenced by comics, I simply ignored them.
I get to draw what I like to draw, basically people hangin' around, and write very humanistic kinds of situations and characters. But I do also like to draw adventure stories - more in terms of drawing them than writing them - and letting my imagination go wild.
I like doing whatever interests me. It's a challenge for me to try to make good comics out of any genre I tackle. I trust my instincts in getting me through the more difficult genres for modern readers, like violent crime or horror stories.
I'm working so much I don't see the work of many young cartoonists so it's hard for me to tell which are my favourites. Maybe when I get to stick my head out of the sand I'll be able to let you know.
If you believe in what you're doing, and someone criticizes that, it's likely that they're just coming from a different place and they're bringing their own baggage and it's basically projection. I try not to let it get to me.
Sex is the main way we exist on the planet. It's an essential part of life.
Despising anything that was easy to achieve because if no sacrifice was involved, it obviously isn't worth having.
I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
The press. . . traditionally sides with authority and the establishment.
You have to be daring and make something that doesn't look like anybody else.