It's like jazz: You learn the rules to break them - as long as you can break them in a meaningful way. — Ryan North Copy Share Image
I've never written a novel before, and part of the reason I haven't is I was worried about getting 50,000 words into a book… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
We need to encourage our kids to express their feelings. We need to help them find their voice. — Ryan North Copy Share Image
I've said this before, but I think one of the reason so many of the cartoonists I know have become friends is because the… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
You have to recognize as a creative person that not everyone's going to be into what you're doing. — Ryan North 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 high school,… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
Being online works really well for any creative work, but especially comics. — Ryan North Copy Share Image
With 'Machine of Death,' we became the #1 bestselling book on Amazon in a single day. — Ryan North 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 fit for… — Ryan North 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 case it… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
ComicsAlliance asked if I wanted to do some holiday comics using a new layout and I said ‘HELLO, NEVER IN MY NEAR-DECADE OF MAKING… — Ryan North 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. It was… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
