As a child, I copied Tenniel's illustrations from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' obsessively, particularly his drawing of the white rabbit in waistcoat and frockcoat, umbrella tucked under one arm and a fob watch in paw, a look of suppressed panic in his eye.

I'm calling myself 'The Doodler,' and with the simple addition of a small burglar's mask, I achieve utter anonymity.

I think stories can grow out of the visual. It can be an engine for literacy.

The writing process isn't something I'm in love with. I'm an illustrator who writes.

A smartphone is a computer - it's not built using a computer - the job it does is the job of being a computer. So, everything we say about computers, that the software you run should be free - you should insist on that - applies to smart phones just the same. And likewise to those tablets.

I meditate and pray multiple times a week to guide myself with divine clarity.

I've had cancer four times. But you know, God has blessed me, and I feel so honored and so privileged in the blessings of life.

You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.