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title: "3 Cartoonist Quotes By Lynda Barry"
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> [Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/cartoonist-was-the-weirdest-name-i-finally-let-myself-have-i-would/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/lynda-barry-3343_awful_cartoonist-was-the-weirdest-name-i-final_1969106.jpg)

> [I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/i-was-unable-to-sleep-and-i-would-stay-up-and-draw-these-little/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/lynda-barry-3343_cartoonist_i-was-unable-to-sleep-and-i-would-stay-u_2058761.jpg)

> [I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/i-started-doing-cartoons-when-i-was-about-21-i-never-thought-i-would/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/lynda-barry-3343_cartoonist_i-started-doing-cartoons-when-i-was-abou_3005624.jpg)

## Other authors on Cartoonist

## More by Lynda Barry

> [ “i believe \[images\] are the soul's immune system and transit system.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/i-believe-images-are-the-soul-s-immune-system-and-transit-system/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad its there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/the-happy-ending-is-hardly-important-though-we-may-be-glad-its-there/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/i-found-myself-compelled-like-this-weird-shameful-compulsion-to-draw/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [“As I enter the small intestine I get squeezed by muscles. Its dark and the walls look like slimey crushed velvet theres pancreas juice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/as-i-enter-the-small-intestine-i-get-squeezed-by-muscles-its-dark-and/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/i-look-crazy-i-know-i-do-been-true-since-i-was-a-kid/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/in-life-there-are-always-these-things-happening-if-you-can-just-get/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [You may be a lady but you are still the man!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/you-may-be-a-lady-but-you-are-still-the-man/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/the-minute-you-understand-racism-you-re-responsible-for-being-racist/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [“Same circus, different clowns, and without a doubt I'm one of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/same-circus-different-clowns-and-without-a-doubt-i-m-one-of-them/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [“Above me soft footsteps, the sound through the ceiling of a teenager haunted by a door to the night. My cousin Maybonne lights up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/above-me-soft-footsteps-the-sound-through-the-ceiling-of-a-teenager/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/dear-anyone-who-finds-this-do-not-blame-the-drugs/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/there-was-a-beautiful-time-in-the-beginning-when-i-just-did-it-and/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/the-library-was-open-for-one-hour-after-school-let-out-i-hid-there/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [“Mr. Harmong is the cheapest chinztiest most pig-lipped tightwad skanked-out lardo king landlord of all time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/mr-harmong-is-the-cheapest-chinztiest-most-pig-lipped-tightwad/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

> [Love will make a way out of no way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/love-will-make-a-way-out-of-no-way/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

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