“I quit comics because I got completely sick of it. I was drawing comics all the time and didn't have the time or energy to do anything else. That got to me in the end. I never made enough money from comics to be able to take a break and do something else. Now I just can't stand comics. . . . I wish my work would be recognized by a larger crowd of people as more art than be stuck with the cartoonist label for the rest of my life.” PeopleArtMadeEndsEnoughWould BeAbleEnergyWishBreakSickCrowdsDrawingQuittingStuckLabelsI QuitCartoonist Author:Julie Doucet
“But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough.” MayEnoughFactsTodayForceGoneSecurityMilitaryDutyEnormousAccomplishmentZeroSecurity Forces Author:John Abizaid
“Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.” PeopleLifeInspirationalWonderfulFitBoxesLive Life Author:Tori Amos
“Admittedly, art is somewhat like spit. It does not repulse or even worry is while it is still inside of us, but once it exits our body, it becomes disgusting.” DoeArtStillsBodyWorryArt IsDisgustingSpitExit Author:Ivan Brunetti
“Political cartoons are the ass-end of the artform” EndsPoliticalAssCartoonPolitical Cartoons Author:Ivan Brunetti
“Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.” KindCultureWeaponsAll KindsFundamentalismLethal WeaponCulture And Education Book:Persepolis Two Source: Persepolis Two
“I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.” KnowsIdentityWestIranIranianWesterners Author:Marjane Satrapi
“If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it's that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldGivingCountryGovernmentTogetherDifferencesMessagesBiggerWestEastDividedSecularIranianEast And WestBetween You And Me Author:Marjane Satrapi
“Well, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at 14, was whether to go to Benetton for my pullovers. I would have preferred not to have cried all the tears I have cried.” IfsWellsChildhoodTearsNormalCriedDilemma Author:Marjane Satrapi