I've Never Met A Cartoonist Who Isn't

Imagination Continually Frustrates Tradition; That Is Its Function.

The Weekly Cartoons, As Were My Plays, Came From A Sense Of Criticism, Criticism Of The Times, Critical Of The Culture, Of Our Manners And Attitudes Towards Each Other. The Children's Books Come From The Reverse. They're More Supportive, Since We're Living In A Time Where We Talk More About Kids And Do Less, We Talk About Balancing The Budget And We Do It By Cutting Education.

When I Write A Play, My Whole Intent At Bottom Is To Get The Audience To Be In The Cast, To Get That Audience On Stage With The Actors And To Get Them Thoroughly Involved In What's Going On.

I Didn't Have A Job. Employers Were Afraid Of Losing Their Reputations. I Didn't Have A Reputation. I Had Zilch. So, I Had The Freedom, Which Unemployment Gives You, And That Was To Behave As Badly As I Believed I Should Under The Circumstances. And The Circumstances Were Quite Awful.

I Used To Think I Was Poor. Then They Told Me I Was Not Poor, I Was Needy. They Told Me It Was Self-defeating To Think Of Myself As Needy, I Was Deprived. Then They Told Me Underprivileged Was Overused. I Was Disadvantaged. I Still Do Not Have A Dime But I Have A Great Vocabulary.