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.

The social safety net was created by a united society in the aftermath of the Second World War. It came out of a British sense of fairness.

My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it.

Female service members are so integrated into the military, so critical and vital to all functions of the military, from combat service support to combat support, to direct combat, that we could not go to war as a nation - we could not defend America - without our women.

Up until the 17th century, Germany was far more advanced, but then everything devastated by the 30 Years War began to fall apart... The culture is not innocent.