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

For me, going to Minneapolis is like going to Mecca.

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I want to shake things up like 'Bloom County' did.

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

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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

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

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Repeats are the absolute soul-crushing killers of the comics page.

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

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

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

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Eternal condemnation is the key to selling doorknobs.

Eternal condemnation is the key to selling doorknobs.

Stephan Pastis quotes: Stupid people and their stupid people ways!

Stupid people and their stupid people ways!

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

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 quotes: I'm 12 years old in my head.

I'm 12 years old in my head.

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Humility is what you strive for when you've failed at everything else.

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

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

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

Stephan Pastis quotes: Ohhhhkay... say again but slooooowly.

Ohhhhkay... say again but slooooowly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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

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 quotes: The principles of comedy are the principles of comedy. I can hear funny.

The principles of comedy are the principles of comedy. I can hear funny.

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephan Pastis quotes: Me no read. Look how smart me is.

Me no read. Look how smart me is.

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

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

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 quotes: On the list of things I cannot draw, wedding dresses are right there next to cars.

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

Stephan Pastis quotes: I do what makes me laugh.

I do what makes me laugh.

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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 quotes: We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats.

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

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

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

Stephan Pastis quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The writing is done on the computer, and the drawing is done by hand. I write, write, write, then I hit the illustration.

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 quotes: 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.

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.