Bil Keane

Religion was a part of our home life when I was growing up. I attended Catholic school. It was a good education - for the spiritual end, as well as for its discipline. ”

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present. ”

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away. ”

Laughter was a part of the church services I attended as a child. ”

I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework. ”

I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids. It's a subject that is near and dear to me. ”

We have five children whom I love dearly and have exploited mercilessly for my cartoons. ”

I don't have to come up with a ha-ha belly laugh every day, but drawings with warmth and love or ones that put a lump in the throat. That's more important to me than a laugh. ”

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything. ”

I did cartoons for four high school publications and then and there decided I wanted to spend my life at the drawing board. ”