Whichever character I'm using and wherever I am in my mind dictates what kind of story I'm going to tell.
I happen to think Latinas, Latin women, are the most beautiful women in the world. So that's what I'm going to draw. I love women from all cultures, of course, but if I was going to deal with any of them, that would be No. 1 for me.
Our father died when we were very young, so our mother raised six kids. We saw the world filtered through her eyes, being a minority woman raising six kids.
I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove.
I know what a good movie is.
In the old days, I just could not leave characters alone. Now I just try to keep the ones that still have something in the way of stories to tell.
My two biggest influences are Archie comics and Dennis the Menace.
Reviewers and critics can be overly cynical. If something the least bit sentimental comes up, they'll often start flying off the handle. But I'm like, 'Wait a minute, you've had those times in your life. Everybody has.
