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

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.

The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.

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

My friends say I make them laugh a lot, so I think that somewhere in me is a little comedic ability that comes out in the most inappropriate or unexpected moments. I did a lot of sketch comedy years ago. That's always in me.

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.

I'm not at all funny. I can do dark comedy pretty well, but straight-up comedy, I don't know. I'm much darker. I've been like that since I was 3 years old.

The French aren't known for being hilarious. When I told Parisians I was interested in French humor, they'd say 'French what?'