In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers. — Garry Trudeau Divorce Copy Share Image
In their heyday, comics were a dominant force in popular culture, but that's over. — Garry Trudeau Comic Copy Share Image
Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military. — Garry Trudeau Break Copy Share Image
I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear. — Garry Trudeau Happen Copy Share Image
Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job. — Garry Trudeau Control Copy Share Image
Keith Knight is mapping out a previously unknown vector of the vast cartoon universe. — Garry Trudeau Cartoon Copy Share Image
Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the… — Garry Trudeau Bathroom Copy Share Image
Anyone dumb enough to get his political information from a comic strip deserves what he gets at the polls. — Garry Trudeau American politics Copy Share Image
Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room? — Garry Trudeau Consulting Copy Share Image
I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with. — Garry Trudeau Compromises Copy Share Image
Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables. — Garry Trudeau Coming Copy Share Image
That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty… — Garry Trudeau Character Copy Share Image
Most writers seem to prefer the morning, or they feel at their best in the morning. Ideas are popping into your head… — Garry Trudeau Feels Copy Share Image
I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist… — Garry Trudeau Found Copy Share Image
Comic-strip artists generally have very modest ambitions. Day to day, we labor to fit together all these little moving parts - a… — Garry Trudeau Adding Copy Share Image
For the most part, editors no longer view 'Doonesbury' as a rolling provocation, which is fine by me. It makes no sense… — Garry Trudeau Depend Copy Share Image
When you're young, with less on the line, it's easier to be audacious, to experiment. So I introduced the concerns of my… — Garry Trudeau Audacious Copy Share Image
Not only was one cartoonist gunned down, but riots erupted around the world, resulting in the deaths of scores. No one could… — Garry Trudeau Absolutism Copy Share Image
I think it's very dangerous for people who do anything that's public to venture on the Web and check out what people… — Garry Trudeau About Copy Share Image
I don't think so, but it's always in the back of my mind that many of the soldiers being wounded and killed… — Garry Trudeau Age Copy Share Image
The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly,… — Garry Trudeau Endure Copy Share Image
At some point free expression absolutism becomes childish and unserious. — Garry Trudeau Absolutism Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table. — Garry Trudeau As far as Copy Share Image
Any time you bring sexuality into the comics pages, you have to brace for pushback. — Garry Trudeau Any Copy Share Image
The poor are the only ones who suffer. And they're used to it. — Garry Trudeau Money Copy Share Image
Isn't it possible that self-esteem isn't causal at all, but simply the happy side effect of a sturdy character, itself the product… — Garry Trudeau Character Copy Share Image
I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination. — Garry Trudeau Any Copy Share Image
Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have… — Garry Trudeau Belief Copy Share Image
I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is… — Garry Trudeau Curious Copy Share Image
America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant. — Garry Trudeau America Copy Share Image
When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you. — Garry Trudeau Feel Copy Share Image
The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view. — Garry Trudeau Bargaining Copy Share Image
Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't? — Garry Trudeau Arty Copy Share Image
Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able… — Garry Trudeau Able Copy Share Image
Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't… — Garry Trudeau Any Copy Share Image
Freedom should always be discussed within the context of responsibility. — Garry Trudeau Absolutism Copy Share Image
