Emil Ferris

I get afraid of the dark if I'm in a great deal of dark, and I have to move around inside of…

— Emil Ferris

I fell asleep once while washing dishes. I hallucinated prolifically - like, squirrels knitting whole sweaters! It was like my dreams inserted…

— Emil Ferris

I never quite became the monster I wanted to be. I feel mostly monstrous as I more become myself. Because the more…

— Emil Ferris

I was illustrating, and I was cleaning people's houses; I was doing whatever I could to take care of my kid as…

— Emil Ferris

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

I kept notebooks as a kid, and they were important to me.

— Emil Ferris

My mother was very, very beautiful, and I saw that the beautiful women around me were often constrained not only by their…

— Emil Ferris

I learned how not to be alone in the playground.

— Emil Ferris

When I'm too worn out or in pain, I lie in bed and write in my mind.

— Emil Ferris

The hardest thing is in terms of the drawing, because, you know, I really have to work to keep my hand fluid,…

— Emil Ferris

My parents met at the Art Institute of Chicago as students, and somewhere in there, they procreated off to the side and…

— Emil Ferris

When I read 'Maus,' I realized you could tell a story of tremendous import using the graphic novel.

— Emil Ferris

I still do love monsters. And when I was a kid, they were really important to me. I couldn't wait for Saturday…

— Emil Ferris

I think the Hammer films really made death quite sexy.

— Emil Ferris

Silent films weren't so different from my comics - the basic choice both offer an artist is what do you show and…

— Emil Ferris

Yes, doing a work, telling a story very much represents a way to save my own life, and on so many levels.

— Emil Ferris

Monsters are a departure from 'reality' in a way that allows for a range of fantastic possibilities. I mean this within the…

— Emil Ferris

I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials.

— Emil Ferris

When I say 'art healed me,' it really healed me!

— Emil Ferris

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

I read a quote to the effect that we are always writing about ourselves no matter what we're doing. That may be…

— Emil Ferris

There's the way that light shows in darkness, and it is extremely beautiful. And I think it essentializes the experience of being…

— Emil Ferris

Being seen is important for people. Doesn't happen enough for anyone. We're not here long in this world.

— Emil Ferris