I can always feel the beauty in an inspired line… and I love the freedom and the feeling created in me by producing the grace and information contained in such an unselfconscious and alive line… fresh, sure and courageous!!
These sketches were all done while watching these people on talk shows — sitting in my living room watching mostly Charlie Rose, sometimes Moyers & Company… or Tavis Smiley. No freeze frame, just catching them… or not!
Warren Buffett
American businessman, investor, and philanthropist who currently serves as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
David McCullough
David McCullough was an American popular historian. Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Ian McKellen
Sir Ian McKellen is an English actor. Noted for his roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction
Dick Durbin
Dick Durbin is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997
Felipe Calderón
Mexican politician who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012
Richard Serra
American artist known for his large-scale abstract sculptures made for site-specific landscape, urban, and architectural settings
Matthew Fox
American priest and theologian. Formerly a member of the Dominican Order within the Catholic Church, he became a member of the Episcopal Church following his expulsion from the order in 1993. Author, “The Pope’s War”
Bodi
My grandson
Bill Gates
American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software giant Microsoft
Michael Bloomberg
American businessman, politician, philanthropist, and author. He is the majority owner, co-founder, and ex-CEO of Bloomberg L.P. Served as the mayor of New York City and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president of the United States.
Ai Weiwei
Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father’s exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government’s stance on democracy and human rights
Ai Weiwei
Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father’s exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government’s stance on democracy and human rights
Gloria Steinem
American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s
Brad Pitt
American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. As a public figure, Pitt has been cited as one of the most powerful and influential people in the American entertainment industry
Christopher Hitchens
British author, journalist, columnist and literary critic, mostly remembered for speaking his own mind and writing provocative essays challenging the philosophies of the church and state
Jim O’Neill
Former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and former Conservative British government minister
Jim O’Neill
Former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and former Conservative British government minister
Mohammad Khazee
Former Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations
Josh Kosman
He is a reporter for the New York Post, a former editor at Mergermarket.com and a former senior writer for The Deal and Buyouts Newsletter. He appears frequently in the media as a private equity and mergers expert
Rachel Maddow
American television news program host and liberal political commentator. Hosts The Rachel Maddow Show, a weekly television show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network’s special event co-anchor
Mark Shields
American political columnist, advisor, and commentator. Worked in leadership positions for many Democratic candidates’ electoral campaigns
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranian nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013
Barney Frank
Former American politician, served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013
Jonathan Martin
Senior political correspondent for The New York Times, political analyst for CNN
David Brooks
Canadian-born American conservative political and cultural commentator who writes for The New York Times
John Grisham
American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his best-selling legal thrillers
Mark Zuckerberg
American businessman and philanthropist. Co-founded the social media service Facebook, along with his Harvard roommates in 2004, and its parent company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.), of which he is chairman, chief executive officer and controlling shareholder