“Kept me in a constant state of anxiety as to whether I am going to be able to meet my financial obligations.”

Almost every cartoonist, when he’s sitting down to draw a funny face.

When I had independence, it was a constant battle within me to figure out when am I on my own.

I guess if people all followed the basic principles of their own religions, they would love everybody instead of hating half the world.

And also the insecurity that my life engendered, especially as a freelance cartoonist.

A lot of that we see today, where the Muslims are against the Christians and the Christians are against Jews and the Jews are against Arabs – I mean, it just it goes on and on and on.

Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not have been possible.

if you watch him closely, his mouth is gonna curl to the expression that he’s drawing.

But when I would write a story – I know it’s going to sound almost ridiculous and infantile – I would, in a way, start living it.

When you live from freelance check to freelance check, your mind is always on “What’s the next piece I’m going to write, or draw, that’ll pay this month’s rent?” And so going out to play ball with my kids was a low priority.

I don’t have anything against organized religions, except when they engender hatred for other religions.

The most important thing of all is my parents were able to leave all four of their children better off than themselves. That story has a name, it’s called the American dream.

Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.

My Dad used to tell us: ‘En este pais, ustedes van a poder lograr todas las cosas que nosotros no pudimos’ ‘In this country, you will be able to accomplish all the things we never could.’

I feel I’m fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it’s expensive.

If you tell a teammate you’re ready to play as tough as you’re able to, you’d better go out there and do it.

Thus I have hopes of being able to achieve something of value through my current studies or with any new ideas that come in the future.

I actually went to study with the Ramapoughs in New York. I wanted to be able to see the mountains and the forest, be around the people.

I want immigration reform to pass, I want people to be able to come out of the shadows.