Lynda Barry

“The phone is an instrument of intrusion into order. It is a threat to control.”

“The problem is, we are not taught how to be with our own thoughts.”

“We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay.”

“The thing that is so powerful about the image is that it is a kind of Rorschach test. So you can see whatever you want in it.”

“When people are laughing, they're paying attention.”

“In an image, an unconditional welcome. In an image, a public place.”

“The hands know things that the head doesn't.”

“An image is a place to go.”

“A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way.”

“Doubt is a useful and necessary thing. It's what keeps you honest.”

“If you can't stand the sound of your own voice, you'll never be able to write.”

“I believe that if you can write your name, you have the ability to draw.”

“We have this idea that art is for a special few, but it's for everyone.”

“The ordinary is the most beautiful thing in the world.”

“The most important thing is to have a question. Not an answer, a question.”

“Drawing is a way of thinking on paper.”

“Childhood is this time of magic and monsters. I think that's why we're so drawn to it.”

“Questions are the heart of the matter.”

“For me, the first draft is just a place to put all the stuff that's in my head.”

“The past is a place you can go to, but you can't live there.”