Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.
Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.
When you do a show five days a week and one night a week, the way I was doing, you use up so much music every day that pretty soon you find yourself hustling for material.

