Lynda Barry is a famous Cartoonist from USA, he/she is 68 years old and still alive, born January 2, 1956.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac capricorn, who is known for Determination, Dominance, Perservering, Practical, Willful.
Our collection contains 24 quotes who is written / told by Lynda.
24 Famous quotes by Lynda Barry
"People think that whatever I put into strips has happened to me in my life"
"Love will make a way out of no way"
"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"
"I 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"
"I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading"
"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 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"
"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"
"Race and class are the easiest divisions. It's very stupid"
"I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer"
"Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid?"
"If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile"
"Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time"
"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"
"The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck"
"Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke"
"I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud"
"I go to work the minute I open my eyes"
"In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke"
"If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately"
"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?"
"Cartoonist 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"
"I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up"
"I 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"
