Lynda Barry Quotes

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
Lynda Barry

Afraid, Loud, Laughed

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

Work, Hate, Why

It's one thing to have a relationship, to lay your hands on it, and another to make it continue and last. That's something I haven't talked about much in my comic strips, and it's certainly something I'm interested in.
Lynda Barry

Another, Last, Interested

Love will make a way out of no way.
Lynda Barry

My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.
Lynda Barry

Romantic, Goal, Write

My mom didn't want me to go to college. She didn't want me to read - when I read, I may as well have been holding a pineapple.
Lynda Barry

Mom, May, College

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.
Lynda Barry

Through, Enjoy, Movie

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

Life, Put, Whatever

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

Stupid, Race, Class

Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid?
Lynda Barry

Remember, Able, Used

Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.
Lynda Barry

Person, Sometimes, Planet

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

Unless, Upset, Wreck

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

Work, Time, Beautiful

Whenever I do a book, I'm usually guided by a question or something that I'm trying to tease out.
Lynda Barry

Book, Trying, Question

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Cartoonist

Born: January 2, 1956

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