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I don't use names or captions for my many portraits of politicians and authors for newspapers. The drawing has to be self-explanatory, so I spend a lot of time sketching to find an idea and an angle that is clear.

I've always called myself a journalist who happens to draw. If I wasn't drawing cartoons, I'd be writing stories.

I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.

Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.

I have been a print reporter my whole career. It's all I ever wanted to be. I specialize in political profiles. I have probably profiled hundreds of people over the years, people in very powerful positions. People don't always like what I write, but most people still talk to me.

I'm not a politician or a scholar or political historian. I'm just a photographer who's trying to capture a spirit. It's not an intellectual process; it's an intuitive process.

I am an old journalist, so I always do a lot of research and dive deep into people's character, who they are, and their motivation.

I feel lucky I didn't become that newspaper cartoonist I wanted to be because in the U.S. so many newspapers have suffered circulation declines, and some have folded. What's fun about being an author is I reach a much bigger audience, and there is something special about launching a book you've penned.

I admit that I am hopelessly hooked on the printed newspaper. I love turning the pages and the serendipity of stumbling across a piece of irresistible information or a photograph that I wasn't necessarily intending to read.

I've been both a journalist and a politician, and I can tell you it is more fun to ask the questions than have to answer them.