If you want to be a cartoonist, you have to do the work: you can’t just talk about your characters and plot, and research endlessly. [+]
You can tell someone, “Oh, comics aren’t just for kids any more, they’re the real deal,” and then they’re like, “Okay, what can I read?” And you give them Maus, and maybe you give them Ghost World… and then there’s not that much. [+]
If people just want to do comics because they want attention and be loved, then they should go into filmmaking, go into another medium, or work in an advertising agency. [+]