“Well, coming at a new work requires a certain amount of patience and energy, and there’s always the risk of disappointment. You can’t really blame people for preferring more of what they already know and like. The trade-off, of course, is that predictability is boring. Repetition is the death of magic.” PeopleKnowsWellsCertainCoursesEnergyRiskMagicAmountBlameTradeDisappointmentBoringRepetitionPredictabilityTrade OffsNew Work Author:Bill Watterson
“America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant.” WorldCountryAmericaFailingArroganceArrogant Author:Garry Trudeau
“When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you.” FeelsKindSeemsMovingYoungNatural Author:Garry Trudeau
“The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.” KnowsWantNeedsSeemsLastsMovingSufferingNiceMilitaryResponseEndureWarriorThoughtfulWoundedProvokingWounded Warrior Author:Garry Trudeau
“That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.” IfsFeelsWritingEnoughCharacterFictionTerribleEntertainmentGuiltyTerrible ThingsHappy EndingsFiction Writers Author:Garry Trudeau
“In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are” WarViewsSecretEventsReader Author:Garry Trudeau
“I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians.” MusicianStoresGraveyard Author:Gary Larson
“Man Swims in Shark Infested Waters, Forgets He's Shark Food.” MenWaterForgetSwimSharks Author:Gary Larson