As an artist, I think it's important to always keep growing, and I definitely want to keep challenging myself.

It's sad how people want to see us females go against each other. Never been for that. Never will.

My biggest competition is me.

As soon as the doctor said I could start training again, I was on the treadmill the very next day. Once I got back into it, I worked out two or three times daily.

Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.

James Thurber was an inspiration because his drawings were so primitive. I am self-taught - I didn't go to art school - so I thought when I started doing them, 'If James Thurber can be a cartoonist, I can,' because his stuff is very raw.

What's so great about inspiration is sometimes it finds you when you're not looking.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.