Jonathan Shapiro Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.”

“We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to torture - physical, mental or otherwise.”

“What's much harder is taking on people in your own community.”

“Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.”

“I am anti-Bush. A lot of what he stands for is the antithesis of what I stand for.”

“I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.”

“I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper.”

“I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them.”

“Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit.”

“On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published.”