Lynda Barry Quotes
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People think that whatever I put into strips has happened to me in my life.
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No one stopped me from playing when I was alone, but there were times when I wasn't able to, though I wanted to... There were times when nothing played back. Writers call it 'writer's block.' For kids there are other names for that feeling, though kids don't usually know them.
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It's one thing to have a relationship, to lay your hands on it, and another to make it continue and last. That's something I haven't talked about much in my comic strips, and it's certainly something I'm interested in.
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I tried to be like the richer kids as much as I could because I wanted to live on their streets, at least hang out on their streets and eat their amazing food and walk barefoot on their shag carpets. I became something of a pest in that way, and in general, other people's parents didn't like me.
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I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer.
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I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.
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When you think about it, giving up your 'real' personality is a small price to pay for the richness of 'living happily ever after' with an actual man!
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I think of images as an immune system and a transit system.
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When you are little, you will draw pictures for no reason.
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I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all.
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My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple.
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I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!
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My childhood is always going to limit me.
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In my writing class, we never, ever talk about the writing - ever. We never address a story that's been read. I also won't let anyone look at the person who's reading. No eye contact; everybody has to draw a spiral. And I would like to do a drawing class where we could talk about anything except for the drawing. No one could even mention it.