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My Anatomy Was Self-taught. I Feel Everybody Has That Ability. I Drew Instinctively. Mine Was An Instinctive Style.

There Are People That I Didn't Like, But I Saw Them Suffer And It Changed Me. I Promised Myself That I Would Never Tell A Lie, Never Hurt Another Human Being, And I Would Try To Make The World As Positive As I Could.

There Were Very Strict Social Conventions, And You Adhered To It, And I Think It Gave You A Lot Of Character. When A Man Said Something, He Meant It. He Wasn't Kidding Around. There Were No Jokes Involved. Nobody Was In The Mood To Joke Unless You Hit A Guy With A Baseball Bat.

The Artist Is The Lowest Form Of Life On The Rung Of The Ladder. The Publishers Are Usually Businessmen Who Deal With Businessmen. They Deal With Promotional People. They Deal With Financial People. They Deal With Accountants. They Deal With People Who Work On Higher Levels. They Deal With Tax People, But Have Absolutely No Interest In Artists, In Individual Artists, Especially Very Young Artists.

I Always Resent Anybody Interfering With Anybody Else Trying To Do His Job. Everybody Has His Own Job To Do. If He's Good, He'll Do Well, But If He's Mediocre, He's Not Going To Do As Well As He Should.