My mother was very, very beautiful, and I saw that the beautiful women around me were often constrained not only by their beauty but by the way that being an object of male desire frequently caused violence in their lives.… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
Monsters are a departure from 'reality' in a way that allows for a range of fantastic possibilities. I mean this within the world of literature as well as in regards to art. When I sit down to draw, I'm energized… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I get afraid of the dark if I'm in a great deal of dark, and I have to move around inside of that fear...… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I fell asleep once while washing dishes. I hallucinated prolifically - like, squirrels knitting whole sweaters! It was like my dreams inserted themselves in… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I never quite became the monster I wanted to be. I feel mostly monstrous as I more become myself. Because the more you become… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I was illustrating, and I was cleaning people's houses; I was doing whatever I could to take care of my kid as a single… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I was born with fairly serious scoliosis, and I did not walk at all until I was about two-and-a-half years old. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
My mother was very, very beautiful, and I saw that the beautiful women around me were often constrained not only by their beauty but… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
The hardest thing is in terms of the drawing, because, you know, I really have to work to keep my hand fluid, and I've… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
My parents met at the Art Institute of Chicago as students, and somewhere in there, they procreated off to the side and created me. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
When I read 'Maus,' I realized you could tell a story of tremendous import using the graphic novel. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
