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Famous Lynda Barry Quotes
“I found myself compelled, like this weird, shameful compulsion to draw cute animals.”
“I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.”
“I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.”
“I remember my comic strips being called "new wave." It bugged me.”
“I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all.”
“I think of images as an immune system and a transit system.”
“My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.”
“The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.”
“We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality. We create it to be able to stay.”
“But when the thing that is scaring you is already Jesus, who are you supposed to pray to?”
“No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.”
“what is an imaginary friend? are there also imaginary enemies?”
“If I could only turn the etch-a-sketch of my life upside down.”
“You have to be willing to spend time making things for no known reason.”
“When we finish a book, why do we hold it in both hands and gaze at it as if it were somehow alive?”
“Race and class are the easiest divisions. It's very stupid”