I'd drop whatever I was doing to show up to do the graveyard shift of 'America's Shopping Place.'

I used to work the graveyard shift.

How did I prepare for night shifts? When I was a small, anxious kid, I checked my mom in her sleep to make sure she was still breathing.

I love doing sketches, but I don't relish being by myself. That's not something I'm used to doing.

The world, universe, God, whatever you call it, has so much more in store if you just sit back and relax and do what's right in front of you.

I grew up in a Southside suburb of Chicago. It was idyllic. But I was plunked into a family that was not artistic and didn't know how to deal with my emotions.