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Lynda Barry quotes: You know that great car-stomach feeling when you fly over a hump? That was my whole body.

You know that great car-stomach feeling when you fly over a hump? That was my whole body.

Lynda Barry quotes: The histories of vampires and people are not so different, really. How many of us can honestly see our own reflection?

The histories of vampires and people are not so different, really. How many of us can honestly see our own reflection?

Lynda Barry quotes: I am about as detailed as a shadow.

I am about as detailed as a shadow.

Lynda Barry quotes: At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive.

At the center of everything we call 'the arts,' and children call 'play,' is something which seems somehow alive.

Lynda Barry quotes: I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.

Lynda Barry quotes: If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the

If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time.

Lynda Barry quotes: I remember my comic strips being called 'new wave.' It bugged me.

I remember my comic strips being called 'new wave.' It bugged me.

Lynda Barry quotes: Sometimes, I think the only art left for us is slowly peeling the label off a beer bottle while somebody tells you about a dream they had.

Sometimes, I think the only art left for us is slowly peeling the label off a beer bottle while somebody tells you about a dream they had.

Lynda Barry quotes: Mr. Harmong is the cheapest chinztiest most pig-lipped tightwad skanked-out lardo king landlord of all time.

Mr. Harmong is the cheapest chinztiest most pig-lipped tightwad skanked-out lardo king landlord of all time.

Lynda Barry quotes: You can't know what a book is about until the very end. This is true of a book we're reading or writing.

You can't know what a book is about until the very end. This is true of a book we're reading or writing.

Lynda Barry quotes: I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.

Lynda Barry quotes: A man who has been dead for a week in a hot trailer looks more like a man than you would first expect.

A man who has been dead for a week in a hot trailer looks more like a man than you would first expect.

Lynda Barry quotes: I believe a kid who is playing is not alone. There is something brought alive during play, and this something, when played with, seems to play back.

I believe a kid who is playing is not alone. There is something brought alive during play, and this something, when played with, seems to play back.

Lynda Barry quotes: There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends in everyone's work.

There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends in everyone's work.

Lynda Barry quotes: He's picked clean! Eaten by cats!

He's picked clean! Eaten by cats!

Lynda Barry quotes: Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid?

Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid?

Lynda Barry quotes: It is true that I am a person with black pockets of evil and hatred in my heart. There are underground places inside of me

It is true that I am a person with black pockets of evil and hatred in my heart. There are underground places inside of me

Lynda Barry quotes: We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay.

We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay.

Lynda Barry quotes: Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed.

Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed.

Lynda Barry quotes: People think that whatever I put into strips has happened to me in my life.

People think that whatever I put into strips has happened to me in my life.

Lynda Barry quotes: If I could only turn the etch-a-sketch of my life upside down.

If I could only turn the etch-a-sketch of my life upside down.

Lynda Barry quotes: My childhood is always going to limit me.

My childhood is always going to limit me.

Lynda Barry quotes: The thing I call 'my mind' seems to be kind of like a landlord that doesn't really know its tenants.

The thing I call 'my mind' seems to be kind of like a landlord that doesn't really know its tenants.

Lynda Barry quotes: You have to be willing to spend time making things for no known reason.

You have to be willing to spend time making things for no known reason.

Lynda Barry quotes: Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.'

Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.'

Lynda Barry quotes: I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.

Lynda Barry quotes: One by one most kids I knew quit drawing and never drew again. It left behind too much evidence.

One by one most kids I knew quit drawing and never drew again. It left behind too much evidence.

Lynda Barry quotes: I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.

I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.

Lynda Barry quotes: I am hell with a knife and there is nothing I can really do about it but try and keep my mouth shut and try not to let it show.

I am hell with a knife and there is nothing I can really do about it but try and keep my mouth shut and try not to let it show.

Lynda Barry quotes: I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.

I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.

Lynda Barry quotes: In health we're doing the digestive system. We each got assigned a topic for an oral report. I got the small intestine. I swear to god I hate my life.

In health we're doing the digestive system. We each got assigned a topic for an oral report. I got the small intestine. I swear to god I hate my life.

Lynda Barry quotes: Same circus, different clowns, and without a doubt I'm one of them.

Same circus, different clowns, and without a doubt I'm one of them.

Lynda Barry quotes: Race and class are the easiest divisions. It's very stupid.

Race and class are the easiest divisions. It's very stupid.

Lynda Barry quotes: The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge.

The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge.

Lynda Barry quotes: What is an imaginary friend? are there also imaginary enemies?

What is an imaginary friend? are there also imaginary enemies?

Lynda Barry quotes: 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.

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.

Lynda Barry quotes: 'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't.

'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't.

Lynda Barry quotes: I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was

I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky.

Lynda Barry quotes: But when the thing that is scaring you is already Jesus, who are you supposed to pray to?

But when the thing that is scaring you is already Jesus, who are you supposed to pray to?

Lynda Barry quotes: Love will make a way out of no way.

Love will make a way out of no way.

Lynda Barry quotes: Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs.

Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs.

Lynda Barry quotes: My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.

My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.

Lynda Barry quotes: Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.

Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.

Lynda Barry quotes: You may be a lady but your are still the man!

You may be a lady but your are still the man!

Lynda Barry quotes: I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth.

I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth.

Lynda Barry quotes: Once i knew the blinking cat could not really blink, was just paper and ink.

Once i knew the blinking cat could not really blink, was just paper and ink.

Lynda Barry quotes: Whenever I do a book, I'm usually guided by a question or something that I'm trying to tease out.

Whenever I do a book, I'm usually guided by a question or something that I'm trying to tease out.

Lynda Barry quotes: I go to work the minute I open my eyes.

I go to work the minute I open my eyes.

Lynda Barry quotes: I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.

I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.

Lynda Barry quotes: Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word.

Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word.

Lynda Barry quotes: Are memories pictures or the secret doorway?

Are memories pictures or the secret doorway?

Lynda Barry quotes: The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.

Lynda Barry quotes: For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.

For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.

Lynda Barry quotes: Like say if the mom and dad of god said he could never get dirty. There would be no world!

Like say if the mom and dad of god said he could never get dirty. There would be no world!

Lynda Barry quotes: In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.

In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.

Lynda Barry quotes: You'll never call him Fifi again.

You'll never call him Fifi again.

Lynda Barry quotes: Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.

Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.

Lynda Barry quotes: I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.

I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.

Lynda Barry quotes: I think of images as an immune system and a transit system.

I think of images as an immune system and a transit system.

Lynda Barry quotes: 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!

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!

Lynda Barry quotes: I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist.

I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist.

Lynda Barry quotes: 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.

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.

Lynda Barry quotes: I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!

I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!

Lynda Barry quotes: Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.

Lynda Barry quotes: I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all.

I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all.

Lynda Barry quotes: Flies die in so many lonely places. -Roberta Rohbeson

Flies die in so many lonely places. -Roberta Rohbeson

Lynda Barry quotes: When you are little, you will draw pictures for no reason.

When you are little, you will draw pictures for no reason.

Lynda Barry quotes: I didn't know there were different lines of aliveness, and two worlds contained by each other.

I didn't know there were different lines of aliveness, and two worlds contained by each other.

Lynda Barry quotes: What year is it in your imagination?

What year is it in your imagination?

Lynda Barry quotes: Ask a burning question, get a burning answer

Ask a burning question, get a burning answer

Lynda Barry quotes: If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately.

If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately.

Lynda Barry quotes: What is an idea made of? Of future, past and also meanwhile.

What is an idea made of? Of future, past and also meanwhile.

Lynda Barry quotes: Some lights shine without any flashing. Others flash on and off.

Some lights shine without any flashing. Others flash on and off.

Lynda Barry quotes: And I could tell she loved him. And although she was an evil fungus growing on 200 pounds of irritated lard, her feelings were real.

And I could tell she loved him. And although she was an evil fungus growing on 200 pounds of irritated lard, her feelings were real.

Lynda Barry quotes: [Chucky] Ya peanut headed suckerfool!Take me on!Ya ugly knuckle butted dogface underpants!You think I'm playin'?

[Chucky] Ya peanut headed suckerfool!
Take me on!
Ya ugly knuckle butted dogface underpants!
You think I'm playin'?

Lynda Barry quotes: No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.

No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.

Lynda Barry quotes: The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.

The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.

Lynda Barry quotes: When we finish a book, why do we hold it in both hands and gaze at it as if it were somehow alive?

When we finish a book, why do we hold it in both hands and gaze at it as if it were somehow alive?

Lynda Barry quotes: I believe [images] are the soul's immune system and transit system.

I believe [images] are the soul's immune system and transit system.

Lynda Barry quotes: You may be a lady but you are still the man!

You may be a lady but you are still the man!