I agree. I felt it was a terrible (excerpt of an) interview, in so far as the word and analogy choices made the questions seem like they were plucked from a professor's profile in comp lit journal. Whether or not Mr. Watterson found it hard or work-intensive to comprehend and answer these questions is beside the point. The questions should have been more simply phrased. I feel like their content challenged the precedence of the answers, instead supporting or motivating them.