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I never really thought of myself as an Asian-American cartoonist, any more than I thought of myself as a cartoonist who wears glasses.


When I started publishing my work, one of the biggest surprises to me was the recurring question about my background and why I wasn't doing more stories about Asian-Americans.


I'm an unabashed fan of 'The New Yorker.' I do feel proud when I see my artwork in there.


I would honestly be elated if I could wave a magic wand and eradicate my back catalog and then have a fresh crack at some of those ideas.


I was just taking my sketchbook to Kinko's and making photocopies and hand-assembling them - folding them over and stapling them.


I wanted to be as invisible as possible as an artist. I wanted to differentiate between myself and who I'm writing about.


I used to live in Chris Rock's former apartment. I've got some junk mail for him if he wants it.


I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish.


I think that if you are looking at a comic that's made by one person, that there's just a level of intimacy that I don't really see anywhere else.


I think having kids has been the biggest influence on my work since I started publishing.


I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.


I'm always a little apprehensive about 'decoding' fictional stories.


I intentionally approached each story in 'Killing and Dying' in a different way, and that includes the writing process.


I hated 'Dilbert.'


I had a mundane, happy childhood, without much struggle.


I grew up with a very romantic, idealized vision of New York, probably because of all the books I read and the movies I watched.


Fortunately, I've never had to be too critical of my own work, because the world is critical enough.


For a long time, I was very resistant to the idea of online publication or even e-books or something like that.


A lot of my fears come out in my work rather than life.


When I'm sitting at my drafting table in my studio, I could really be anywhere.