Lynn Johnston on how she feels about her work

TOM HEINTJES: Have you ever done a piece of work and felt so good about it that you've said, "This is it -- I can't get better than this"?
LYNN JOHNSTON: I have done work that I feel that good about, but what I say to myself is, "I look forward to the day when I do the level of work again." You know how it is when it's another regular, ordinary day, and then out of the blue someone phones you who you haven't heard from in years, or somebody invites you to something, and you say, "Wow! Isn't this great! Thank you for calling me一you've made my day!" You don't hang up the phone saying, "Well,that'll never happen again." You just look forward to it happening again someday.
Every day it's a joy. Every day it's a surprise package. There are some days when my work is so covered with white-out that I don't want anyone to see it. And there are days when I can write and I feel pretty smug. There are also days when I feel like I'm going to quit and go work at Woolco. Or "It's gone -ー I've used it all up!" The trick is to stay far ahead enough of the deadlines so when you hit a dry spell, you can survive them with confidence.