You know, now it's sinking in. It's taken me a long time to realize - and it is sinking in - how important this book is. And I have a certain distance now. I've done it such a long time ago.
My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.
I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career.

