Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it. 
Keith Knight is mapping out a previously unknown vector of the vast cartoon universe. 
As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table. 
I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant. 
Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables. 
I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent. 
When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you. 
In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are. 
Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job. 
Anyone dumb enough to get his political information from a comic strip deserves what he gets at the polls. 
America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant. 
I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day. 
Any time you bring sexuality into the comics pages, you have to brace for pushback. 
I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear. 
Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day. 