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" I didn't have a whole lot of success getting dates, I was always a bit of a geek. "
Jim Davis
Lot
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Getting
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" I can go everywhere and no one recognises me. "
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" I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition. "
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Say
Thought
Human
" We live in a time where we're made to feel guilty about overeating, oversleeping, and not exercising. Garfield not only does all that, but he doesn't apologize for it. "
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Guilty
He
Live
" Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat. "
Jim Davis
Nuts
Avoid
Eat
" It occurred to me that cats were being held back a little bit. I thought, 'I'll give the cat human thoughts and feelings but not be apologetic for it. That would be very catlike.' "
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Me
Thoughts
" Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. "
Jim Davis
Bread
Thanksgiving
Pumpkin
" I stop short of being a workaholic. "
Jim Davis
Stop
Short
Workaholic
" I'm still a farm boy at heart. If I hadn't suffered from asthma as a child, I would be a farmer today. "
Jim Davis
Child
Boy
Heart
" The understatement is the English contribution to comedy. "
Jim Davis
Comedy
English
Contribution
" My dream in life is to write the one gag that makes everyone in the world laugh. "
Jim Davis
Gag
Life
World
" Usually I commit to something in my head and then I start drawing. "
Jim Davis
Commit
Start
Something
" You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of us. "
Jim Davis
Veterans
You
Proud
" Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them. "
Jim Davis
Courage
Pet
Live
" When you're through with your cat, you can't throw it in the trash. "
Jim Davis
Trash
Cat
Your
" I was very happy and honored to create the Professor Garfield Foundation with Ball State to make reading fun. "
Jim Davis
Create
Reading
Happy
" Good morning is a contradiction of terms. "
Jim Davis
Good Morning
Good
Terms
" Cats rule the world. "
Jim Davis
Cats
Rule
World
" Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them. "
Jim Davis
Back
Feelings
Cats
" The surprising thing was, it's actually easier working on animation than working on a comic strip, because Garfield is animated in my head. "
Jim Davis
Animation
Working
Head
" I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories. "
Jim Davis
More
Than
Inspiration
" Readers have told me that their children have learned to read after years of struggle after starting to read Garfield's comic strip and many people who have moved to the United States have said that they, too, learned English by reading Garfield. "
Jim Davis
Children
People
Struggle
" I was in and out of comas until I was nine and I would lose entire days and weeks. The novelty of being able to really do stuff hasn't worn off - I still feel like I'm making up for lost time. "
Jim Davis
Feel
Time
Lost
" You have to do something when you're lying in bed. So you play with your mind. "
Jim Davis
Lying
You
Play