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" If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time. "

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

" I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control. "

" 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 life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke. "

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

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

" I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky. "

" 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. "

" I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all. "

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

" It's much easier to teach writing, because people are less shy about writing. If they're in a group, nobody can see what they're writing. When you're drawing, people get a little more nervous. "

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

" When you think about it, giving up your 'real' personality is a small price to pay for the richness of 'living happily ever after' with an actual man! "

" It's one thing to have a relationship, to lay your hands on it, and another to make it continue and last. That's something I haven't talked about much in my comic strips, and it's certainly something I'm interested in. "

" Race and class are the easiest divisions. It's very stupid. "

" My childhood is always going to limit me. "

" 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!' "

" I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud. "

" I remember my comic strips being called 'new wave.' It bugged me. "

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

" When I work on a book, I usually start with a question. And I don't sit around and go 'I need to write a book. What's a good question?' It will be a question that's just clanging around in my head. So for 'What It Is,' it was this idea of 'What is an image?' "

" 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. "

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

" '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. "

" 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. "

" The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad it's there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble in the story, your kingdom isn't dead. "

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

" 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. "

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