Cathy Guisewite Quotes
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There are only two secrets to a slimmer shape ... High heels and shoulder pads!
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I was going to sip on a diet soda, but a little voice convinced me I needed the extra calcium from a cup of hot chocolate.
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When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.
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My heart always belongs to the one who doesn't want it.
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After 14 years of dieting, there are only two things I've never lost. Hope and weight.
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I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.
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I'm most proud of having created something that men never completely get.
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The biggest change in my life is that I now have to apologize for being thin.
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I understand the sensitivities of grown children with little ones of their own!! They'll turn away a mother full of advice, but they'll never say no to one holding a mop.
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Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.
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Breaking up: It's so easy to return their possessions, but so hard to get our brain cells back.
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Generally, I liked feeling able to connect with millions of women on a very deep level. It felt special that women especially would cut out my strip and place it on a refrigerator.
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The relationship between Cathy and Mom in the strip is the one relationship drawn from real life that I have proudly never even tried to disguise.
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Now I'm searching for a slightly overweight, single, childless woman who doesn't have a date and isn't too depressing to be around. It's getting harder to find a girlfriend than a boyfriend.
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Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a strip out and sends it to me to make sure I understand her.
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I have an office in my house and one about five minutes from my house. I worked solely out of my house for many years, but find, with children, that I have to be in a different ZIP code to think.
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In the '80s, I thought I'd be a success as a woman if I were the president of a billion dollar company, had a sensitive soul-mate husband, two bilingual children, buns of steels, and a compost heap. In the '90s, I pretty much feel I'm a success if I can get through the afternoon without eating a cheesecake.
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All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard we've tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, they're probably right.
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This is a business meal. The calories do not count. I am mentally labeling these as 'business calories' so my body will know they were eaten in the line of duty and will process them differently.
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Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.
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The specifics of Cathy's and my life are different now, but the basic life challenges are exactly the same.
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I had such a close relationship with my dog, and my dog so filled the need in my life to have children that I just wanted Cathy to have that experience.
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Otherwise, my whole career has just been flinging myself at whatever is most overdue first and letting everything else stack up.
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Men date. Women have relationships.