Lynda Barry People Quotations

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?

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

The histories of vampires and people are not so different, really. How many of us can honestly see our own reflection?

I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.

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

It's much easier to teach writing, because people are less shy about writing. If they're in a group, nobody can see what they're writing. When you're drawing, people get a little more nervous.

It's not hard for me to be funny in front of people, but most of that is just horrified nerves taking the form of what makes people laugh, and afterwards I'd always feel dreadfully depressed, kind of self-induced bi-polar disorder.