If I didn't understand a cartoon in a newspaper, I'd just turn the page. — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy. — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
I keep thinking someone's gonna show up and say, 'There's been a big mistake. The guy next door is supposed to be… — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
The idea for any cartoon (my experience, anyway) is rarely spontaneous. Good ideas usually evolve out of pretty lame ones, and vice… — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
Every week when my batch of weekly cartoons would go to FedEx, it felt like a small miracle. Then in a few… — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm convinced that one day I'm going to draw the cartoon that offends everyone, and that'll be the end. — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
I don't read cartoons because I think for the most part the comics don't have an interest for me. There's just nothing… — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
Usually when I sat down to draw a cartoon, it would be more of a reflection of things in my past. Or… — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folks. You laugh or you… — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
The daily calendar seemed, to me, like a kind of cartoon black hole, and you didn't have to be a rocket scientist… — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
I thought some of my earlier cartoons were not exactly great shakes at the time I drew them. Now I see a… — Gary Larson Copy Share Image
The problem, Mr. Fudd, is that you've been having a sublimal effect on everyone in the factory. We're proud of our product, Mr. Fudd,… — Gary Larson Copy Share
Perspective was always important. There are some cartoonists who can stand at the foot of a building looking straight up and they'll capture it… — Gary Larson Copy Share
Usually when I sat down to draw a cartoon, it would be more of a reflection of things in my past. Or it could… — Gary Larson Copy Share
I just get silly inside my head and I start to think about something and in my head I start twisting it around, contorting… — Gary Larson Copy Share
I don't think I'd know if I were sitting next to Charles Schulz on an airplane. — Gary Larson Copy Share
Thunderstick?... You actually said, 'Thunderstick?'... That, my friend is a Winchester 30.06. — Gary Larson Copy Share
“If you're gonna shoot an elephant Mr. Schneider, you better be prepared to finish the job.” — Gary Larson Copy Share
Don Martin was the one who really stood out. I really always loved his work. He was such a great artist. — Gary Larson Copy Share
My future plans are hazy, and I've yet to experience how much cartooning is in my blood and therefore how much I'll miss it.… — Gary Larson Copy Share
You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you… — Gary Larson Copy Share
I didn't want to go to school for more than four years, and I didn't know what you did with a bachelor's in biology.… — Gary Larson Copy Share
I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work… — Gary Larson Copy Share
With my own cartoon, it was just me being goofy by myself, but when it comes to an animated film, you're working with 45… — Gary Larson Copy Share
