Quotes By Lynda Barry

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.

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.

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.

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.

If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately.

Part of a horror movie has to be a bit fakey for me to really enjoy it. The new ones are so realistic that they distract me from the ride through the horror.

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.

The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.