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Roz Chast Quotes

American - Cartoonist | November 26, 1954 -

I have an African gray parrot; her name is Eli. We thought she was a boy. And a blue-streaked lory named Marco. He's 10. And a yellow and green parakeet, Petey. He's very cute, but he's getting old.

Cute Yellow Green Thought Name Boy

I just really love the cartoon form. I love the plasticity of it.

Love Cartoon Just Form Really

When my father died, my mother was still alive. And I think when your second parent dies, there is that shock: 'Oh man, I'm an orphan.' There's also this relief: It's done; it's finished; it's over.

Father Mother Man Think Parent Done

I like being able to go grocery shopping and not feel that I'm fighting a thousand people.

People Shopping Fighting Feel Go

For me, drawing was an outlet. No one in school said, 'Oh, she can do sports,' or, 'She's pretty,' but I could draw.

Sports School Me Drawing Said She

I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.

Good Father Mother Teacher School

I think I have a habit of, in my head, taking notes on whatever, you know, whether they're verbal or pictorial or just making a note of things as they're happening.

Habit Think You Know Whatever Head

I think of my drawing style like handwriting: it's a mix of whatever handwriting you're born with, plus bits and pieces you've pilfered from other people around you.

Style People Think Drawing You Born

It's like a 'chicken or the egg' thing. We're all part of the culture. We're reflecting it; we're changing it. So, yeah, I think culture is always changing.

Culture Think Egg Chicken Always

I used to think of the cartoons as a magazine within a magazine. First you go through and read all the cartoons, and then you go back and read the articles.

Think You Back Go First Within

I don't like cartoons that take place in Nowhereville. I like cartoons where I know where they're happening.

Place Know Take Where Like Cartoons

I can't even look at daily comic strips. And I hate sitcoms because they don't seem like real people to me: they're props that often say horrible things to each other, which I don't find funny. I have to feel like they're real people.

Funny Daily Hate People Me Look

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