One of the first comic things you do is imitate.
I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.
There are no cartoons about happy marriages.
Each cartoon needs the right amount of wrong.
People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.
Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had.
I am a 'made' cartoonist, but I was born a comic.
I'm pretty adept with computers and Photoshop for my blog, and I found my style with a conversational voice and an image-ready column.
The interesting thing about humor is that in humor, you - in logic, something is A or not A. In humor, it's both A and not A.
The most offensive thing that ever occurred in 'The New Yorker' would be, like, the mildest thing at a Chris Rock concert.
I was the founder of the 'Cartoon Bank' in the '90s. I was interested in finding ways for cartoonists to supplement their incomes.
'The New Yorker' didn't invent the magazine cartoon, but it did really establish it.
