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Quotes by Cartoonist
"If you move something 10 pounds through space and then stop suddenly, there's a little overshoot. When you transfer weight from one leg to another, there's a certain way that it happens."
3
"In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you."
3
"Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war."
3
"When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time."
3
"I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody."
Work,
3
"I consider myself a right-winger and Gray was certainly one."
3
"We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public."
3
"Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems."
3
"Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world."
3
"I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer."
3
"No more turkey, but I'd like some more of the bread it ate."
3
"If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend."
3
"Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive."
3
"My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary."
3
"I think people should have the legal right to hurt themselves without fearing that they're going to get locked up for doing so. But on a personal level, if someone I loved was hurting himself or herself in front of me, I would, of course, try to restrain them."
3
"It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have."
3
"We had all this kind of freedom and 'get out of your head' kind of stuff and at the same time, we were trying to establish ourselves in the business. These two things are really difficult to bring together."
3
"Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit."
3
"Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s."
3
"My only requirement for that first story was that there had to be a fight or an explosion on every page. Naturally, no one wanted to publish it, but I liked the character, did a few stories to keep my hand in."
3
"There's no future in spending our present worrying about our past."
3
"The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke."
3
"You kind of hope that the events themselves are interesting. I think that's what you have to hope for, that on a broad level it's an interesting story."
3
"Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals."
3
"When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities."
Sex,
3
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'"
3
"If I ever had an out-of-body experience - I'd try to come back to a different one."
3
"It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now."
3
"Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback."
3
"The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country."
3
"The fact is that even art is subject to fashion."
3
"Business should never be allowed to justify mean, thug ugly deals for any reason."
3
"A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows."
3
"I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I will do it again."
Will,
3
"One of the characteristics I cherish in my friends is their childlike gullibility, and several excited minutes were spent trying to actually find this book."
3
"When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults."
3
"Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks."
3
"Kids just don't read any more. They spend much more time with video games. It's just hard to get kids to read anything. Book sales have dropped dramatically, too. I think 90% of the books are bought only by 5% of the US population."
3
"I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist."
3
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."
3
"Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good."
3
"Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world."
3
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