Your worst enemy as a writer - especially one working online a lot of the time - is obscurity. — Ryan North Enemy Copy Share Image
Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something. — Ryan North First step Copy Share Image
I thought there was something inherently interesting in people turning to gold. It's pretty cool. — Ryan North Cool Copy Share Image
We're all already aware of boobies; it is the general state of most people in North America! THANKS, MEDIA AND THE MALE… — Ryan North America Copy Share Image
The funny thing with Ophelia is that I remembered her being this really cool, awesome female character when I read 'Hamlet' in… — Ryan North Character Copy Share Image
It's like jazz: You learn the rules to break them - as long as you can break them in a meaningful way. — Ryan North Education Copy Share Image
I think with most things online, if you treat your audience like friends instead of like Impressions and Clickthrough Percentages and Returns… — Ryan North Friendship Copy Share Image
Don't worry, it's very clear that the painting was done by a human, most likely a human with one eye removed and… — Ryan North Anatomy Copy Share Image
If you're going to be adapting something across media, you should at least have the moves that people want you to hit… — Ryan North Hit Copy Share Image
“Everyone loves brunch. OBVIOUSLY, but you super-love brunch. You are so big into brunch that your middle name should be "Brunch"...” — Ryan North Brunch Copy Share Image
There may be this hidden, hate-filled community of online cartoonists, but if there are, I haven't found it yet. We're all generally… — Ryan North Community Copy Share Image
A huge potential audience, great interaction with your readers, the ability to see what people like and what they don't, the ability… — Ryan North Ability Copy Share Image
“It's sad, and you're sad, but as you reflect on the three wonderful years you shared you begin to realize that relationships… — Ryan North Heartbreak Copy Share Image
I used to worry that I had a finite supply of ideas, that I should hold on to each of them in… — Ryan North Best Copy Share Image
My first book, 'To Be or Not To Be,' took 'Hamlet' and converted it to the choose-your-own-path format. It was a great… — Ryan North Book Copy Share Image
I speculate that the genesis of the chicken-joke lies in some situation such as the one illustrated above, but over time the… — Ryan North Chickens Copy Share Image
What I thought would be fun would be Squirrel Girl being this computer science student, working in STEM, because you don't see… — Ryan North Computer science Copy Share Image
I've always found it funny when people call 'Romeo and Juliet' 'the greatest love story ever told' because - man - it… — Ryan North Funny Copy Share Image
The first mp3 I downloaded, which I guess was illegal, was a symphonic rendering of the Super Mario Brothers 1-1 theme song.… — Ryan North Brothers Copy Share Image
“To answer your question as honestly as I can, I've wanted since I was very little to not have to worry about… — Ryan North Happiness Copy Share Image
Being online works really well for any creative work, but especially comics. — Ryan North Being Copy Share Image
You can have an idea that everyone else thinks is dumb, and it's still a good idea. — Ryan North Dumb Copy Share Image
The great thing about online comics is that this happens naturally, even if you don't advertise. — Ryan North About Copy Share Image
With 'Machine of Death,' we became the #1 bestselling book on Amazon in a single day. — Ryan North Amazon Copy Share Image
You can always take on more projects; it just makes your life worse and worse. — Ryan North Always Copy Share Image
This is why it's hard to talk about winning awards. You can't do it without sounding like a tool. — Ryan North Award Copy Share Image
I'd hate to be writing 'Adventure Time' comics and not be excited about it. — Ryan North Adventure Copy Share Image
