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"My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call."
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"The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping."

"I'm more financially successful, but it just means the shopping blunders I make are bigger now."

"The specifics of Cathy?s and my life are different now, but the basic life challenges are exactly the same."

"Because the majority of my readers are women, I feel that one public service I can provide to them is to spread the message of regular mammograms and early detection within the strip."

"Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a strip out and sends it to me to make sure I understand her."

"Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future."

"Otherwise, my whole career has just been flinging myself at whatever is most overdue first and letting everything else stack up."

"My dog was with me all the time. I talked to my dog. She was my best buddy. I shared all my secrets with her, but I don't think I every really tried jokes out with the dog."

"A lot of married people certainly have wonderful relationships with their dogs, but when you're single and your dog is the only other living thing in your house, it's a really special relationship which I wanted CATHY to have."

"I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married."
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