Ted Rall Quotes
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.
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I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.
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Anyone should be able to read comics.
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But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people who are experiencing these things. But it's not like being in the trenches.
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It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair.
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Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most.
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At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it's as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it's not that great.
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Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
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I'm a better polemicist in prose.
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When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.
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Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.
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Life is incredibly short, yet we're always told that change takes time. For a race of mortals, dicking around just isn't acceptable.
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Most people don't know how to tell stories.
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.