"I have a bit of a struggle with some aspects of or forms of Buddhism, but Zen I find to be mainly congenial."

“Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.”

“Learning happens when someone wants to learn, not when someone wants to teach.”

“I like relationships and being in love, but I also like being single - you have to embrace all those different things.”

“I'm very fond of piano players.”

“The only way to know everything is to learn how to think, how to ask questions, how to navigate the world. Students must learn how to teach themselves to use new tools, how to talk to unfamiliar people, and basically how to be brave.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.

“It's strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart--even when I'm sure I will.”

“Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.”

“The American: a titan enamored of progress, a fanatical giant who worships "getting things done" but never asks himself what he is doing nor why he is doing it.”