A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears.

At 16 I was stupid, confused, . . . and indecisive. At 21 I was wise, self-confident, . . . and assertive. At 45 I'm stupid, confused, . . . and indecisive. [Is] maturity only a short break in adolescence?

I grew up to have my father's looks- my father's speech patterns-my father's posture- my father's opinions and my mother's contempt for my father

I've backed off cliffs all of my career. The best things I've done I've backed into. I never understood what I was getting into, I never started out to be a political cartoonist. There wasn't this kind of cartoonist when I started. I wanted to do traditional strips in the newspapers and backed into what I did then and backed into writing plays and backed into children's books. And what I'll back into next, I don't know, but I'll be looking forward to going backward.

I love doing it and until I stop loving it, this is what I do. I loved writing for the theater for 20 years, and then I stopped. And this is what replaced it. I always need something to be passionate about.

Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?