Craig Thompson

It's actually easier to do autobiographical stories. The story is already there. It's a matter of carving away what doesn't fit rather than building up from nothing. ”

Foreign-language books are sometimes more beautiful when you can't tell what's being said. It's like you ruin it by reading. ”

I'm really interested in making a mark on a paper and letting that be cursive shorthand for an idea - that's the origin of cartooning. ”

My dad was a plumber, and my mom was on and off again, either a stay-at-home mom or working with the disabled as a visiting-nurse assistant. ”

I think you can still look to Jesus' word for guidance in your life. It's just not the guidance that it seems like most Christians are applying to their own lives. ”

In 2005, I did a lot on 'Habibi' and a lot of business stuff. I got an agent that year. ”

I think with 'Chunky Rice,' it felt novel to me to give this emo twist on these funny animals. ”

I'm still down with Jesus. I like to think of him mostly as a social revolutionary who mixed with bad crowds and hated the rich. ”

I grew up in a very fundamentalist, evangelical Christian household. Both my parents were born-again - their faith infused every aspect of my childhood. I'll probably spend most of my life working through that. ”

I grew up in a very working-class family and also a very fundamentalist Christian family. So, we didn't have access to the arts in the house in any form other than the Sunday funnies. ”