I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth.

I believe a kid who is playing is not alone. There is something brought alive during play, and this something, when played with, seems to play back.

I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.

I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer.

But having gone through two bouts of breast cancer and all the operations and treatments it's fair to say mum's a special human being - especially as she had to deal with the tragedy and heartache that went with Dad's death.

The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.

I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.

I wanted to write at school - to write funny stories which the teacher might ask me to read out to the class. It's all basically about showing off.