"I dote feel things. I mean, i don't know if i can carry it into shintoism, necessarily," he says. "It's the urge for just to ouknow, within, to connect with the world and some way." He adds: 'If you feel sorry for a building, you're going to be less likely to knock it down'
In this audio interview with Debbie Millman, Chris Ware discusses his influences – including sending a Valentine to Charlie Brown – and explains why empathy figures so heavily into his work.