Lynda Barry Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.”

“'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't.”

“The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.”

“I am about as detailed as a shadow.”

“Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.”

“The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge.”

“In my writing class, we never, ever talk about the writing - ever. We never address a story that's been read. I also won't let anyone look at the person who's reading. No eye contact; everybody has to draw a spiral. And I would like to do a drawing class where we could talk about anything except for the drawing. No one could even mention it.”

“It's not hard for me to be funny in front of people, but most of that is just horrified nerves taking the form of what makes people laugh, and afterwards I'd always feel dreadfully depressed, kind of self-induced bi-polar disorder.”

“I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky.”

“The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.”