Stephan Pastis Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“A biscuit in the States is something you would put gravy on with dinner, and it's not sweet in the least!”

“I never feel burdened or overwhelmed by my work. People tell you to find something you love for a career, and I have. That makes me feel very lucky.”

“To get syndicated as a comic strip artist is as likely as winning the lottery.”

“Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting.”

“Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying.”

“I want a career writing these novels that I can be proud of. And then I want one as a screenwriter.”

“Repeats are the absolute soul-crushing killers of the comics page.”

“I like characters like Ignatius Reilly in 'A Confederacy of Dunces' and Ricky Gervais's character in 'The Office.' They think one thing about themselves, but the truth is as far from that as it can be. So I began to think about how to put that kind of character in a book for kids.”

“The wonderful thing about a book is that you have a canvas that is 300 pages wide, and it's all free space. You can make a piece of art as big as you want and whatever shape you want.”

“I write for three or four hours and then hopefully I'll have something. Then I draw for the rest of the afternoon... I literally block out Wednesday-Thursday-Friday - I more or less disappear.”