Alice Walker

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because it's about real life. I feel like I'm using a part of my brain that's been dormant until now.