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This song is for the guy who keeps yelling from the balcony, and it's called 'We hate you, please die.'
I didn't expect 'Scott Pilgrim' to be successful. I just made this weird comic to entertain my friends.
I've had so many little ideas I've written down here and there. Some ideas I've got reams of notes for.
Wouldn't it be nice if our lives were like VCRs , and we could 'fast forward' through the crummy times?
As soon as I'm finished with it, it feels like an impersonal project. Like, "Well, I did another book."
Once you use a toothbrush to clean a pencil sharpener, you should no longer use it to clean your teeth.
America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant.
Spy' is such a short ugly word. I prefer 'espionage.' Those extra three syllables really say something.
Eventually, if it's on your mind, you stumble on it. You need a certain amount of luck and persistence.
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.
Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid?
Love a single an additional and you will be satisfied. It really is as easy and as challenging as that.
I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.
Americans live with the certain knowledge that the source of their greatness has not yet been released.
Yeah, yeah. I, I don't think I'm always right. But I don't think young people are always right, either.
Once you've established where you are, you go to the character and elaborate on expressions and action.
It's sad and upsetting when you see somebody crying hysterically, but at the same time it's real funny.
Most poetry just confounds me. I really want to like it, but I can't help thinking it's a hoax. (p. 24)
Really interesting novels, they always are so demanding of you on some level that you don't fall asleep.
I was portraying the family through my eyes. Everything that's happened in the strip has happened to me.
I do get the sense sometimes that if I draw things too nice, maybe I won't be indie-rock enough anymore.
One night I was sitting listening to some Hank Williams songs - and they'll change your life in a hurry.
Sometimes it's good to contrast what you like with something else. It makes you appreciate it even more.
Don Martin was the one who really stood out. I really always loved his work. He was such a great artist.
It'll always be easier to fight others if you reduce them to a single word or look at them just one way.
The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.
About the only thing we have left that actually discriminates in favor of the plain people is the stork.
You can't know what a book is about until the very end. This is true of a book we're reading or writing.
If you know anything about ducks, you know a baby duck will imprint itself on you. It misses its mother.
I wasn’t invited to be on staff at the Simpsons because they didn’t want any women on staff at the time.
A lot of what the Internet is showing is that talent is more disperse than gatekeepers such as myself...
Creator and reader are partners in the invisible creating something out of nothing, time and time again.
Anyone who takes responsibility for getting something done is welcome to ask for the authority to do it.
Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
I'm one of those people with restless hands. I need to be doodling, or biting my nails, or making socks.
I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.
I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married.
Because with time blocking out the bad, memory is always bound to be a bit naive and stupidly optimistic.
The size of the promised paycheck is inversely proportional to the likelihood of surviving to collect it.
The difference between our decadence and the Russians' is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition.
I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines.
There is plenty of peace in any home where the family doesn't make the mistake of trying to get together.
When a woman says, 'I don't wish to mention any names', it means it ain't necessary to mention any names.
How can I be expected to love someone who tries such crude manipulations as bringing me breakfast in bed?
When I listen to old music, that's one of the few times that I actually have a kind of love for humanity.
I use photos a lot for drawing people and personalities, but they're almost never photos that I've taken.
It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things.
My dad was an inventor, and I think I've always had a rosy view of technology, or at least its potential.