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# Doug Marlette

(1949–2007)   Novelist

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Doug Marlette was a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Doug Marlette

Born December 6, 1949

Died July 10, 2007

Profession Novelist

## About Doug Marlette

cartoonist (1949-2007)... \| Douglas Nigel Marlette was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing long-length fiction." His popular comic strip Kudzu, distributed by Tribune Media Services from 1981 to 2007, was adapt

##  Quotes by Doug Marlette

> [Cartoons are windows into the human condition,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-marlette/cartoons-are-windows-into-the-human-condition/)

[Doug Marlette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-marlette/)

[Cartoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cartoon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/doug-marlette-83651_cartoon_cartoons-are-windows-into-the-human-cond_1586212.jpg)

> [There’s no such thing as perfection, and life is not a race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-marlette/there-s-no-such-thing-as-perfection-and-life-is-not-a-race/)

[Doug Marlette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-marlette/)

[Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/doug-marlette-83651_inspirational_there-s-no-such-thing-as-perfection-and_1929070.jpg)

> [Ease up on yourselves. Have some compassion for yourself as well as for others. There's no such thing as perfection, and life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-marlette/ease-up-on-yourselves-have-some-compassion-for-yourself-as-well-as/)

[Doug Marlette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-marlette/)

[Compassion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/006/doug-marlette-83651_compassion_ease-up-on-yourselves-have-some-compassi_2522143.jpg)

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