“I am not ultimately interested in writing fiction. I can't make things up. Or rather, I can only make things up about things that have already happened.” WritingTruth Book:Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama Source: Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
“I tend to write first thing, and then do my drawing later. I like to draw at night. But often I go for long stretches without drawing, because I'm trying to figure out what I'm writing.” WritingTryingFirstsLongNightFiguresDrawsDrawing Author:Alison Bechdel
“Drawing is more fun to me than writing. I think it's interesting to talk to different cartoonists about how those activities work for them. I'm a very writerly cartoonist. I certainly spend more time on the writing than I do on the drawing, even though the drawing, of course, is very time-consuming.” ThinkingWritingDifferentCoursesFunInterestingActivityDrawingMore TimeConsumingCartoonistTime Consuming Author:Alison Bechdel
“The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together.” WritingHardTogetherFunDrawingSatisfying Author:Alison Bechdel
“You can't live and write at the same time.” Writing Book:Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama Source: Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
“For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.” WritingReasonProcessDrawing Author:Alison Bechdel
“Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.” WritingSometimesWishDrawingMediumsIntegrated Author:Alison Bechdel
