"I had gotten really good at just shutting it all out because you couldn’t possibly get any work done and track all of…"

"the Tuskegee Airmen who were heroes to me most of my life."

"my first memory in life was three years old: my dad took me to see Star Wars and it's not just the first movie I reme…"

"As I grew up I developed an interest in Garry Trudeau, and that's what took me into the direction of being a syndicat…"

"My issues (with cartooning) were totally about: one, I just burnt out on the strip and the deadlines were brutal. Two…"

"You go to Comic-Con and see a cross section of everybody. It used to be niche, and now it's so enormous that it's har…"

"It's a world that accepts people more for who they are, and whoever you are, at this point, you can find your thing."

"Well the only way for you to know (my thoughts on political questions) would be through The Boondocks. I decided a lo…"

"I think I'm a better writer now than when I started. I certainly know more about producing and working with actors. Y…"

"I went in knowing the show couldn't be the strip, aside from the topicality. Those jokes don't "land" at all on telev…"