Lynda Barry Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“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.”

“Playing and fun are not the same thing, though when we grow up we may forget that and find ourselves mixing up playing with happiness. There can be a kind of amnesia about the seriousness of playing, especially when we played by ourselves.”

“Part of a horror movie has to be a bit fakey for me to really enjoy it. The new ones are so realistic that they distract me from the ride through the horror.”

“Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.”

“If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately.”

“I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer.”

“In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.”

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

“I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.”

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