Garry Trudeau

"Whether you think we belong in Iraq or not, we cant tune it out; we have to remain mindful of the terrible losses that individual soldiers are suffering in our name."

"I, for one, think good political cartoons retain their value for decades. You can learn a lot from those old "Doonesbury" books."

"I had more flow as a designer. I could just drop down into the zone and stay there for hours. With cartooning, Im constantly coming up for air, procrastinating, looking for reasons not to be doing it. I spend all day granting myself special dispensation, with creative process as my cover story. Carpenters and deli countermen cant do that, so I think they may feel better about themselves at the end of the day."