Same topic Authors
Quote of the day

So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as a black actress, there aren't that many roles to pick from.

Popular Topics
Live, Stage, Body, Knowledge, Character, Guru, Kindness, I Miss You, Music, Dream, Light, Kind, Feeling, Thing, Girl, Food, Good, Wonderful, Air, Living My Life, Drama, Pregnancy, Wonder, World, Inspiration, Kids, Humble, Thank You, Quiet, Fly, Movie Love, Snows, English, Willing, New York, Identity, Today, House, Alien, Achievement, Amazing Music, Poor, Surprised, Thought, Positive, Angry, Mother'S Day, Brain, Story, Lives
Chris Ware

I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right.

Children, Grandmother, People, Regard, Right, Said
Same Author Quotes

Every city began as a campsite - pg. 25

Campsite, Cities, City

One of the most valuable things one of my art teachers said to me was, ‘Don’t get upset by criticism. Value the fact that at least someone noticed what you did.

Art, Said, Teacher, Teachers, Upset

As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I know there was nothing I wanted more during those periods than to not be alone, whatever that means.

Alone, Found, Likely, Mean, Nostalgia, Solitude

I do worry that beginning cartoonists could feel somewhat strangled by the increasing critical seriousness comics has received of late and feel, like younger writers, that they have to have something to "say" before they set pen to paper. Many cartoonists feel even more passionate about this idea than I do, vehemently insisting that comics are inherently "non-art" and poop humor or whatever it is they think it is, but that attitude is a little like insisting that all modern writing should always take the form of The Canterbury Tales.

Attitude, Critical, Poop, Thinking, Worry, Writing

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.

Empathy, Grandmother, Life, Might, Storyteller, Unparalleled
Similar Quotes