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

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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. "

" When I was working on 'Freddie,' I had been trying to write it on a computer for many, many years, but that delete button just won't let anything go forward. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" I go to work the minute I open my eyes. "

" Love will make a way out of no way. "

" 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. "

" It's not hard for me to be funny in front of people, but most of that is just horrified nerves taking the form of what makes people laugh, and afterwards I'd always feel dreadfully depressed, kind of self-induced bi-polar disorder. "

" The thing that really struck me when I went to junior high was class. I grew up on a pretty poor street, but the school district I was in included some fine neighborhoods - so I got to know a couple of the kids from those places and went to their houses and experienced such culture shock. "

" 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. "

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

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

" My strips are not always funny, and they can be pretty grim at times, and I know I lose readers because of it, but I can't do anything about it - my work is very much connected to something I need to do in order to feel stable. "

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

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

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

" Playing and fun are not the same thing, though when we grow up we may forget that and find ourselves mixing up playing with happiness. There can be a kind of amnesia about the seriousness of playing, especially when we played by ourselves. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" When you learn about stories in school, you get it backward. You start to think 'Oh, the reason these things are in stories is because a book said I need to put these things in there.' You need a death, as my husband says, and you need a little sidekick with a saying like 'Skivel-dee-doo!' "

" 'What It Is' was based on this class I've been teaching for 10 years - I wanted to write a book about writing that didn't mention stuff like story structure, protagonists, and all those things that we know about only because they already exist in stories. "