“If I’ve learned one thing from being a cartoonist, it’s how important playing is to creativity and happiness.
“My job is essentially to come up with 365 ideas a year. If you ever want to find out just how uninteresting you really are, get a job where the quality and frequency of your thoughts determine your livelihood. I’ve found that the only way I can keep writing every day, year after year, is to let my mind wander into new territories.
“To do that, I’ve had to cultivate a kind of mental playfulness. A playful mind is inquisitive, and learning is fun.
“If you indulge your natural curiosity and retain a sense of fun in new experience, I think you’ll find it functions as a sort of
