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"If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have."
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"If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have."

"I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt."
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"If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have."

"I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it."

"So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring."

"I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows."

"The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is."

"Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then."

"There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population."
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