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When people ask me what is an editorial cartoonist, I often say we're kind of a hybrid. We're a cross between Edward R. Morrow, Ted Koppel and the Son of Sam.

Well, there are better cartoonists now than there ever have been. I firmly believe that. There's some amazing work being done.

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 became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.

I never liked working on editorial-driven comics. I just didn't see what was the point. They don't pay well enough for me to write other people's ideas.

People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.

I'm not a great joke writer, which is odd for a comic to say, but I'm not.

The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone's apartment and they don't know you, but they've taped one of your pieces up.

I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons.