Quotes By Lynda Barry

I go to work the minute I open my eyes.

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

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.

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

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

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

For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.

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?