I've Never Met A Cartoonist Who Isn't

You Know With Obama Being Elected, We Had A Wonderful Opportunity. I Hope It's Not Blown, And We Have Forms Of Government That Don't Seem To Be Up To The Level Of The Leaders Who Are Around Who Will Want To Move This Country In A Proper Direction. Where That Goes And How That Goes, I Mean, We Seem Determined To Not Move Ahead, To Stay In The Same Place. And There Are A Lot Of Nuts Out There As Well.

Writing, I Explained, Was Mainly An Attempt To Out-argue One's Past; To Present Events In Such A Light That Battles Lost In Life Were Either Won On Paper Or Held To A Draw.

I'm Not Sure About That Role Any Longer. The Role Used To Be To Mix Things Up And I Think To A Great Extent It Still Is, But The Quality Of The Work Of The Political Cartoon Has Been Succeeded By The Wisecrack, The Gag Cartoon, So That The Cartoonist Becomes More Of The Equivalent Of The Jay Leno Monologues, Or David Letterman Monologues.

Eventually, If It's On Your Mind, You Stumble On It. You Need A Certain Amount Of Luck And Persistence.

The Artwork Had Very Little To Do With The Thought Process, And The Writing Too, For That Matter. What Happens, Happens, And It Happens Outside The Brain.