I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, Sparrow's boyfriend. I love that. Even though… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that same reason. She couldn't bear that it… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
It certainly was an important moment for me, that realization that I was not going to get what I wanted. It was… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff. — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
It's imprecise and insufficient, defining the homosexual as a person whose gender expression is at odds with his or her sex. — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together. — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
“My homosexuality remained at that point purely theoretical, an untested hypothesis. But it was a hypothesise so thorough and so convincing I saw no… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
“I put the odds on a psychic deathmatch between Attila the Hun and Virginia Woolf at fifty-fifty.” — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
Basically, my work is play. It never actually feels that way - I'm always aiming to attain that state. But I get to do… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew. — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
“Then there were those famous wings. Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
