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I'd want to read the stories that I'd written, I'd want to show the drawings that I made. That was just purely natural. So I knew I wanted to go into the arts in some way and that I'd want to show that work in some way.

When I was a school kid, I used to read lots of comics. This started me on drawing. I would make my own comics about my teddy bear, whose name happened to be Ted.

Cartoons have always been an enjoyment to me... a relaxation... I get my ideas from everyday events.

I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them.

I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd ever get paid for it, didn't think I drew well enough, but I knew it made me happy.

My intended audience was everybody. I just want to make cartoons for human beings.

Traditionally, the only way I come up with cartoons is by sitting at my desk and thinking.

I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist.

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

I want to bring drawing back to the basics, make it about the pleasure that it can afford and remove the notion that it's some kind of precious or difficult activity. It's another way of telling a story.