Garry Trudeau Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Comic-strip artists generally have very modest ambitions. Day to day, we labor to fit together all these little moving parts - a character or two, a few lines of dialogue, framing, pacing, payoff - but we certainly don't think of them adding up over time to some larger portrait of our times.”

“I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.”

“I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.”

“I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.”

“For the most part, editors no longer view 'Doonesbury' as a rolling provocation, which is fine by me. It makes no sense to intentionally antagonize the very people on whose support you most depend.”

“Any time you bring sexuality into the comics pages, you have to brace for pushback.”

“There is nothing worse than annotated humour.”

“Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?”

“Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military.”

“I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.”