“Some sports teams hate each other in the locker room and that's what makes them great.” Quote by Ira Kaplan
“As a cartoonist I do what I find funny. As an editor I have a broader approach realizing that humor is inherently subjective and I don't want my preferences to rule out what others might like.” WantMightRealizingApproachEditorsPreferenceSubjectiveCartoonist Author:Robert Mankoff
“It's always harder satirize what you like rather than what you dislike.” HarderDislike Author:Robert Mankoff
“You do have to put in a lot time to get good at anything and than includes cartoons. So I think it's true of art and everything else.” ThinkingArtCartoon Author:Robert Mankoff
“Primitive, naive drawing can also be good drawing but it's hard to pull off. I don't think most submitters realize that.” ThinkingHardRealizingBe GoodDrawingPrimitiveNaive Author:Robert Mankoff
“To paraphrase president Kennedy's inaugural, the torch has been passed to a new generation of cartoonists and they are doing really interesting stuff, taking the old cliches and breathing new life into them and inventing new ones. This doesn't mean the previous generation of which I'm a charter member isn't doing good stuff but this new material is invigorating everyone.” MeanHas BeensStuffPresidentInterestingGenerationsMaterialsMembersBreathingNew LifeClicheDoing GoodReally InterestingInventingTorchesNew GenerationCartoonistCharterInauguralInvigoratingParaphrasePrevious GenerationsPresident KennedyInteresting Stuff Author:Robert Mankoff
“Humor of all types is notoriously subjective. That's true not only between different people but even within an individual at different times. This subjectivity is often masked when your in a group because laughter is contagious.” PeopleDifferentIndividualGroupsTypeLaughterSubjectiveDifferent PeoplesContagiousSubjectivityDifferent Times Author:Robert Mankoff
“I'm very fond of the strictly visual cartoons I did when I was breaking in in the 1970's. Over time I migrated to a more verbal approach.” ApproachVisualsCartoon Author:Robert Mankoff
“The most popular cartoon of mine is a guy on the phone looking at his appointment book and saying "No, Thursday's out. How about never, is never good for you?"” BookGuyMinesPhonesCartoonSaying NoAppointmentsThursday Author:Robert Mankoff
“I've learned not to look a gift horse in the mouth. Why you would want to look any horse the mouth considering how infrequently they brush is beyond me.” WantLooksMouthsHorseI've LearnedConsideringBrushes Author:Robert Mankoff
“Sometimes you're noodling around with a sketch and something incongruous in the drawing calls forth the caption and other times you think of a line and just have to find a place for it. A cartoon with a caption like "I don't want to live forever, but I sure as hell don't want to be dead forever either" sprang into my head and I just had to find the right venue for it which was an old couple talking to each other.” ThinkingWantSometimesLinesTalkingHellForeverCoupleDrawingCartoonLive ForeverVenuesCaptionOld Couple Author:Robert Mankoff