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For me, going to Minneapolis is like going to Mecca. — Stephan Pastis

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and when you're in law, things really have to get done, or somebody sues you. It's a great trick. — Stephan Pastis

I want to shake things up like 'Bloom County' did. — Stephan Pastis

I never feel burdened or overwhelmed by my work. People tell you to find something you love for a career, and I have. That makes me feel very lucky. — Stephan Pastis

My wife Staci made me go to a wedding last weekend ... If it weren't for her, I'd be happy. — Stephan Pastis

I don't pay that much attention to sales figures or awards. To me, the big question is: 'Did you influence the next generation?' That's my goal. — Stephan Pastis

Repeats are the absolute soul-crushing killers of the comics page. — Stephan Pastis

Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting. — Stephan Pastis

I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first. — Stephan Pastis

Eternal condemnation is the key to selling doorknobs. — Stephan Pastis

Stupid people and their stupid people ways! — Stephan Pastis

I guess that compared to other comic strips, I'm edgy. But put me along something like 'South Park,' and I'm 'Captain Kangaroo.' — Stephan Pastis

I'm 12 years old in my head. — Stephan Pastis

You can write a little and can draw a little, but there's necessarily a limitation on both in a comic strip, since it appears in such a tiny space. — Stephan Pastis

Everyone cites [Charles Schulz], but it's with good reason. He taught me timing, tone, character development, practically everything. — Stephan Pastis

I like characters who have blind spots and are full of themselves, but there also needs to be vulnerability. — Stephan Pastis

Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying. — Stephan Pastis

Man, I put myself in a lot of comic strips. Something's wrong with my sense of self. — Stephan Pastis

I seem to be able to get away with pun strips if I add a panel at the end where I somehow indicate that I know it's a bad pun. — Stephan Pastis

Humility is what you strive for when you've failed at everything else. — Stephan Pastis

To get syndicated as a comic strip artist is as likely as winning the lottery. — Stephan Pastis

Ohhhhkay... say again but slooooowly. — Stephan Pastis

When I say 'friends,' I use that term loosely, as I don't actually have any. — Stephan Pastis

I think it might surprise the average person how angry people can get over the comics. — Stephan Pastis

I have days where the only words I say are to the person making my sandwich at the grocery store. — Stephan Pastis

Sticking to my schedule, I've gotten over seven months ahead, which allowed me to write a 'Pearls Before Swine' movie script for the big screen. — Stephan Pastis

Most poetry just confounds me. I really want to like it, but I can't help thinking it's a hoax. (p. 24) — Stephan Pastis

The principles of comedy are the principles of comedy. I can hear funny. — Stephan Pastis

The only thing I learn on a daily basis from law school is that I disliked it and the law so much that it's constantly this fire at my heels. — Stephan Pastis

Scott Adams: From him, I learned how to write a three-panel comic. Probably the best pure writer on the comics page. — Stephan Pastis

If somebody is not on the same page with me humor wise, I can't give them that. — Stephan Pastis

This is every creative person's dream - a hobby that I'm lucky enough to get paid for. — Stephan Pastis

If you put me in 'South Park,' that audience is going to fall asleep in five minutes. — Stephan Pastis

When in doubt, give a character big, blown-up eyes and puffy lips. — Stephan Pastis

Me no read. Look how smart me is. — Stephan Pastis

I want a career writing these novels that I can be proud of. And then I want one as a screenwriter. — Stephan Pastis

Perhaps it is a secret yearning of all Hallmark employees to use the phrase 'you big fat pain in the butt' in an anniversary card. — Stephan Pastis

A biscuit in the States is something you would put gravy on with dinner, and it's not sweet in the least! — Stephan Pastis

You act like a team player,you be nice to everyone for your entire life,then you die. — Stephan Pastis

I know I can always draw, but I actually love the writing the most. — Stephan Pastis

It's best to love your family as you would a Siberian tiger-from a distance, preferably separated by bars. — Stephan Pastis

When you can't draw chameleons and you can't draw blenders, it's a bad idea to write strips where chameleons become blenders. — Stephan Pastis

On the list of things I cannot draw, wedding dresses are right there next to cars. — Stephan Pastis

I do what makes me laugh. — Stephan Pastis

If a restaurant offers crayons, I always take them and color throughout the meal. It beats talking to the people I came to dinner with. — Stephan Pastis

We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats. — Stephan Pastis

Having a syndicated comic strip is a great platform for ripping on expressions you hate. — Stephan Pastis

I like to make fun of Jeffy [of Family Circus] the most, because I know the grown-up Jeff Keane personally and enjoy ridiculing him. — Stephan Pastis

The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration. — Stephan Pastis

A comic strip has a rhythm and a pattern, and you got to get in and out quick. So you set up a joke, tell the joke, and done. — Stephan Pastis