Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
All Quotes by author - Jeff MacNelly
" Because of my grey hair and glasses, people think I'm Phil Donahue. "
Grey
Glasses
Phil
" Editorial pages all say, 'Well, the other guy has a point, too. It remains to be seen how this will come out. We certainly hope it comes out fine; blah, blah.' Cartoonists don't go that way. Our job is to stick out our tongues, to show a big raspberry to whatever pompous jerk happens to be mouthing off. "
Job
Go
Hope
" Everybody's funny-looking. "
Everybody
" I don't need a lot of attention. I'd much rather have the work be famous than the face be famous. "
Work
Attention
Face
" If you're a balanced cartoonist, you're not a cartoonist. You definitely have to have a bias. "
Definitely
You
Bias
" I look at people, and I like to laugh at them. "
Look
Them
Laugh
" I'm kind of a nerd. A square. And I'm terrible at telling jokes. I always forget the punch line. "
Kind
Line
Punch
" I'm looking forward to working for the 'Tribune' because any company that can invest in the Chicago Cubs has a view of the future we cannot begin to comprehend. "
View
Looking
Future
" I really do have a self-censorship problem, which isn't the way you should be if you're a cartoonist. "
Problem
Way
Really
" I thought that through the strip, I could vent my spleen and be funny at the same time. But when it comes to humor, there's no substitute for reality and politicians. "
Funny
Thought
Humor
" My father was very methodical about life. He'd always ask me, 'Now, what's your system? What's your schedule like?' I have no big system, no rigid schedule. When he would ask, 'How do you do this? Give it to me step by step,' I'd try to convince him that there were no step-by-steps. "
Life
Father
Me
" Political cartoonists get hung up on daily deadlines and the front page. The worst thing you can do is open up the newspaper and ask, 'What's funny about this?' "
Funny
Daily
Open
" That really has been my message over the years: 'Hey, we're all in this together, so let's laugh about it a little, please.' It adds perspective to an argument if you know where you're coming from. "
You
Together
Perspective
" The best cartoons have no words at all - just the image pops out. "
Best
Words
Just
" The best thing for my creative process is a deadline. "
Process
Deadline
Creative
" The problem when you're a cartoonist and you go into the voting booth is that you have your choice of two guys - one would be best for your country, and one would be best for your business. "
Problem
Choice
Voting
Check our other websites:
BookDark
MusicDark