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“We're subject to the same forces of capitalism that have built the entire American economy. Strong returns induce more capital flow, which creates more competitors, and you have to evolve and get better, or you die.”
Source : "Citadel Boss Won't Be Hedging On Day Job". Chicago Tribune, March 2006.
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“A man must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him.”
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“Fifty thousand dollars' worth of cabinets isn't going to make you a better cook; cooking is going to make you a better cook. At the end of the day, you can slice a mushroom in about three inches of space, and you can carve a chicken in a foot and a half. So it doesn't matter how big the kitchen is.”
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“Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the Enema Man and Snoopy, Snoopy Poop Dog.”
Source : "Obama's debt expert yells at kids" by Mj Lee, www.politico.com. March 07, 2011.
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“My parents are amazing. When I said I wanted to go into film, they didn't understand it, but they were incredibly supportive. But growing up, I absolutely did have that feeling of, "Wow, somebody just gave me up." That was infused in The Secret Life of Bees too - the protagonist wanting unconditional love from her dead but much-imagined mother.”
Source : Source: www.mtv.com
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“I don't like to be constrained to any one medium. I like to surprise and amuse - and indeed, torture - myself by weaving back and forth between images and words of all sorts, and trying to create work in the end that feels "of a piece." This is why I resist calling myself a "cartoonist." It doesn't seem to describe what I do.”
Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.
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“The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece. Such imperfections are your guides - valuable, objective, non-judgmental guides to matters you need to reconsider or develop further.”
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“I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.