Lynn Johnston Quotes

Lynn Johnston
American Cartoonist
Born: May 28, 1947
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Related authors: Bil Keane Bill Watterson Caroll Spinney Charles M. Schulz Gary Larson Matt Groening Scott Adams Walt Disney
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. Lynn Johnston
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You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian. Lynn Johnston
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Yes, and when I had Aaron, he left me, and I didn't know how to raise a child. And I wasn't close to my parents, and because I was too proud to go to my parents for help, I mistreated that little baby. I didn't want a baby. Lynn Johnston
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That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost. Lynn Johnston
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Sure, I've had some bad times, but everybody does. But people don't get to talk about them like I do, unless they do to a therapist. People don't get to put them in the paper like I do. Lynn Johnston
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People never knew we were poor, but out of that poverty came the most incredible inventions - board games, recipes... we never stopped inventing. Lynn Johnston
People Poverty Recipes Incredible Out Inventing Inventions Never Knew Most Came Were Stopped Board Poor Games
Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it. Lynn Johnston
Church Only Couple Felt Been Times Ever Enlightened
My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary. Lynn Johnston
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In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too. Lynn Johnston
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I've had some tremendous adventures, good and bad. It's part of the novel, and a novel isn't interesting if it doesn't have some good and bad. And you don't know what good is if bad hasn't been a part of your life. Lynn Johnston
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I've always felt that life is a novel, and part of it is written for you, and part of it is written by you. It's up to you to write the ending, ultimately. Lynn Johnston
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I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that. Lynn Johnston
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I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a pool of water, and she could dive down into the center of the world. Lynn Johnston
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