Yes, doing a work, telling a story very much represents a way to save my own life, and on so many levels. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
Becoming a monster sometimes isn't a choice that you have. We're all that; we're all 'the other' in one way or another. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I get afraid of the dark if I'm in a great deal of dark, and I have to move around inside of that fear...… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I fell asleep once while washing dishes. I hallucinated prolifically - like, squirrels knitting whole sweaters! It was like my dreams inserted themselves in… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I never quite became the monster I wanted to be. I feel mostly monstrous as I more become myself. Because the more you become… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I was illustrating, and I was cleaning people's houses; I was doing whatever I could to take care of my kid as a single… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I was born with fairly serious scoliosis, and I did not walk at all until I was about two-and-a-half years old. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
My mother was very, very beautiful, and I saw that the beautiful women around me were often constrained not only by their beauty but… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
The hardest thing is in terms of the drawing, because, you know, I really have to work to keep my hand fluid, and I've… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
My parents met at the Art Institute of Chicago as students, and somewhere in there, they procreated off to the side and created me. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
When I read 'Maus,' I realized you could tell a story of tremendous import using the graphic novel. — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
