When you learn about stories in school, you get it backward. You start to think 'Oh, the reason these things are in… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.' — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
It's much easier to teach writing, because people are less shy about writing. If they're in a group, nobody can see what… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
Remember when you were in school and the teacher would put a picture under an overhead projector so you could see it… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad it's there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
For 'Picture This,' I wanted it to be a drawing book that didn't have any instructions about drawing, beyond the real simple… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad its there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals. — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
“As I enter the small intestine I get squeezed by muscles. Its dark and the walls look like slimey crushed velvet theres pancreas juice… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke. — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge. — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
“Above me soft footsteps, the sound through the ceiling of a teenager haunted by a door to the night. My cousin Maybonne lights up… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
