Oh, it's essential. I mean, you have to - if I'm writing about the Middle East, I have to go there, and if possible, stay long enough to get a real feeling for what's going on. — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
I don't like just traveling in for a short time. I've done that before, because sometimes you work for magazines and they have a… — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
“The journalist must strive to find out what is going on and tell it, not neuter the truth in the name of equal time.” — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
I don't often go to a place just to check out all the cultural sites of a city. — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
I'd rather go to a place and spend a couple of months, get to know it, get to know the people. — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
“Make no mistake, everywhere you go, not just in Marvel Comics, there's parallel universes...Here? On the surface streets: traffic, couples in love, falafel-to-go, tourists in jogging suits licking stamps for postcards... And over the wall behind closed doors: other things-people strapped to chairs, sleep deprivation, the smell of piss...other things happening for "reasons of national security” — Joe Sacco Copy Share
I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground… — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
When I went to Bosnia, I was there to tell someone else's story and I was more methodical. — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
“What becomes of someone who thinks he has all the power... and what becomes of someone who believes he has none?” — Joe Sacco Copy Share Image
