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“I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.”

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In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists.

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Have I got the right to experiment with my child's life?

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There are only two feelings, Love and fear: There are only two languages, Love and fear: There are only two activities, Love and fear:…

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If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary…

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God bless this tiny little boat, And me who travels in it. It stays afloat for years and years, And sinks within a minute.…

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There can be many reasons to travel, but wandering into the world for no particular reason is a sublime madness, which in all its…

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I'm totally deaf in my right ear, yeah.

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Emotional stability has not been America's gift to the world.

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Life seems sadly mishandled by humans, as if it's all too much for them - they spend so much time and energy hurting each…

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If you know anything about ducks, you know a baby duck will imprint itself on you. It misses its mother.

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