Lynda Barry Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I go to work the minute I open my eyes.”

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

“I think of images as an immune system and a transit system.”

“I believe a kid who is playing is not alone. There is something brought alive during play, and this something, when played with, seems to play back.”

“I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!”

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

“The thing that really struck me when I went to junior high was class. I grew up on a pretty poor street, but the school district I was in included some fine neighborhoods - so I got to know a couple of the kids from those places and went to their houses and experienced such culture shock.”

“I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth.”

“I tried to be like the richer kids as much as I could because I wanted to live on their streets, at least hang out on their streets and eat their amazing food and walk barefoot on their shag carpets. I became something of a pest in that way, and in general, other people's parents didn't like me.”

“When you learn about stories in school, you get it backward. You start to think 'Oh, the reason these things are in stories is because a book said I need to put these things in there.' You need a death, as my husband says, and you need a little sidekick with a saying like 'Skivel-dee-doo!'”