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I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing.

Drawing was the only thing I was any good at in school, but I never dreamt I would, or even could, spend my life doing it.

I've been taking art lessons since I was little, and I've always drawn. I think in pictures.

As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much.

I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art.

My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.

I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others.