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I'm not a good tourist, I don't like tourism.
I think I'm generally a good listener anyway.
It's a visual world and people respond to visuals.
What is it you want? My reply, I want what I have.
Nothing is quite as satisfying and exhausting as teaching.
Be happy with who you are, where you are, for this is the way.
Don't let your excuses stand in the way of achieving your dreams
I meditate not to escape the world but instead to be completely present.
Don't be indifferent when opportunity knocks at the door, just invite it in
I'd much rather hang out in a cafe. That's where things are really happening.
I don't often go to a place just to check out all the cultural sites of a city.
I wish my capacity for reason would always translate into action, but it doesn't.
Be humble and grateful for what you have and the universe will reward your gratitude.
And, in some ways I like traveling, in other ways I'm sort of fed up by the whole notion.
Failure to meditate in the morning increases the probability of chaos throughout the day.
It became clear to me that I had to push it toward a more representational way of drawing.
When I went to Bosnia, I was there to tell someone else's story and I was more methodical.
Cherish your health, family, friends, and vocation for none of these things are permanent.
I tried to draw people more realistically, but the figure I neglected to update was myself.
Of course, I'm drawn to a place like Iraq because It's the biggest story of our generation.
Want to be a better leader? Meditate in the morning and prepare yourself for the day ahead.
Enjoy what you have, live in the moment, focus on things you can change and ignore the rest.
With comics you can put interesting and solid information in a format that's pretty palatable.
It is great to be introspective, self analysis can be useful, but only if it results in action.
If not now then when? Oh I can always do it tomorrow. Unfortunately there is no lifetime of tomorrows.
Look inside, without anyone else's validation understand that you are valuable, talented, unique, and worthy.
My guide had a copy of Palestine on my last trip to Gaza. He'd bring it out and show people what I was trying to do. That usually went over pretty well.
I will interview bigwigs if I get the chance, but you are seldom surprised by people in power - you've got to get awfully damn close to get anything new.
There's probably one more story about Bosnia that I'd like to do, because I spent a fair amount of time on the Serb side of the lines, which isn't apparent in the other books.
Oh, it's essential. I mean, you have to - if I'm writing about the Middle East, I have to go there, and if possible, stay long enough to get a real feeling for what's going on.
When I was there, something clicked in my head; I found myself interviewing people, searching out facts and figures. Later on I became much more self-conscious of what I was doing.
I think any journalist who spends time in a place realizes that there are lots of stories around beyond their primary story. You meet so many interesting people and have all kinds of experiences.
I don't like just traveling in for a short time. I've done that before, because sometimes you work for magazines and they have a budget, and if you're working for them, they want something by a certain time.
I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was.
Robert Crumb is an influence on how I draw, but not on the subject matter I take or my approach. One thing I do like about Crumb is that he's chronicled his age, his times, and I think that is what artists should do.
And I think I find, I know a lot of people around, in different cities, and so it's not - it might sound strange - but it's not that hard to say good-bye, because I know there's other people where I'm going. I can sort of fit in in a lot of places.