Lynda Barry
People think that whatever I put into strips has happened to me in my life.
Lynda BarryHumor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.
Lynda BarryIf I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately.
Lynda BarryI need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.
Lynda BarryI was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist.
Lynda BarryLove is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.
Lynda BarryCartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word.
Lynda BarryGoing 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.
Lynda BarryI used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.
Lynda BarryI listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking.
Lynda BarryIn life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.
Lynda BarryI 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.
Lynda BarryI've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?
Lynda BarryI wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
Lynda BarryIf 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.
Lynda BarryIf it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
Lynda BarryI 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.
Lynda Barry
