Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying. I was 4 or 5 or… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
Repeats are the worst, and 'Peanuts' was the one that started that. They don't rerun the news, do they? They don't repeat… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
If you're from a certain generation, you basically learn to read with 'Peanuts.' It's sort of the template for the modern strip.… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying. — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
I have days where the only words I say are to the person making my sandwich at the grocery store. — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
“Humility is what you strive for when you've failed at everything else.” — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
A comic strip has a rhythm and a pattern, and you got to get in and out quick. So you set up a joke,… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
I like characters who have blind spots and are full of themselves, but there also needs to be vulnerability. — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
If you put me in 'South Park,' that audience is going to fall asleep in five minutes. — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
When you can't draw chameleons and you can't draw blenders, it's a bad idea to write strips where chameleons become blenders. — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
Thomas, my 15-year-old, is effectively my editor, I've always trusted his voice, more than anybody, on the strip for years. He has one of… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
I think it might surprise the average person how angry people can get over the comics. — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
You can't just count on becoming a syndicated cartoonist. I actually tried to calculate the odds once, and the best I could come up… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to me, I… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
“I know that if I am to move forward like the professional that I am, I must first see the past with mature eyes.… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
