Author: Lynda Barry

Quotes

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

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

- Lynda Barry

I'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?

I'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 Barry

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.

- Lynda Barry

I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.

I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.

- Lynda Barry

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.

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.

- Lynda Barry

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

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

- Lynda Barry

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

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

- Lynda Barry

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

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

- Lynda Barry

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.

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.

- Lynda Barry

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