American - Cartoonist | January 2, 1956 -
In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.
Lynda Barry
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I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?
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Race and class are the easiest divisions. It's very stupid.
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I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.
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Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed.
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Love will make a way out of no way.
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I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.
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I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all.
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My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.
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Whenever I do a book, I'm usually guided by a question or something that I'm trying to tease out.
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I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.
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The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.
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