Quotes by Cartoonists

I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up. Lynda Barry

Funny People Think Funny People Lot Up Who Need

Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet. Lynda Barry

Sometimes Think Person Craziest Planet

The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad it's there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble in the story, your kingdom isn't dead. Lynda Barry

You Happy Joy Ending Trouble Important Though Kingdom Glad Dead Knowing Felt Real May Story Happy Ending Your Hardly

For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness. Lynda Barry

Older Films Adds Horror Horror Movies Color Because Least Movies Reassuring

Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.' Lynda Barry

You Kids Ready Go Gonna Plan Barbie Play Ken

If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately. Lynda Barry

Me Class Immediately Out Would Student Thrown Had

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud. Lynda Barry

Laughed Loud Afraid

I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking. Lynda Barry

Funny Great Me Conversation Waiting Women People Mad Taking Come Like Talking Hear Trying Hands Any Listen Just Place Next Wash Twice Why Start

Love will make a way out of no way. Lynda Barry

Love Will Way Out Make

I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all. Lynda Barry

Try Run Seem Like Make Tight Doing Ship

My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie. Lynda Barry

Comedy Write Bucket Goal List Movie Romantic Romantic Comedy

Whenever I do a book, I'm usually guided by a question or something that I'm trying to tease out. Lynda Barry

Book Guided Out Something Question Trying Whenever Tease

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control. Lynda Barry

Work Dark Fear Control Live Constant Fired Part Dropped Being

I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid! Lynda Barry

Crazy Kid True Since Know Look Been

It's one thing to have a relationship, to lay your hands on it, and another to make it continue and last. That's something I haven't talked about much in my comic strips, and it's certainly something I'm interested in. Lynda Barry

I think of images as an immune system and a transit system. Lynda Barry

Think System Immune Transit Images

For 'Picture This,' I wanted it to be a drawing book that didn't have any instructions about drawing, beyond the real simple stuff you'd find like in a Bazooka bubblegum wrapper, or in 'Highlights' magazine. I just wanted it to be feelings about looking and seeing and pictures. Lynda Barry

'What It Is' was based on this class I've been teaching for 10 years - I wanted to write a book about writing that didn't mention stuff like story structure, protagonists, and all those things that we know about only because they already exist in stories. Lynda Barry

Class Book Writing Those About Structure Only Mention Write Stuff Like Know Protagonists Because Been Years Exist Wanted Stories Story Teaching Based Things