Garry Trudeau

I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career.

— Garry Trudeau

As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table.

— Garry Trudeau

At some point free expression absolutism becomes childish and unserious.

— Garry Trudeau

The poor are the only ones who suffer. And they're used to it.

— Garry Trudeau

Where there's smoke, there's bound to be mirrors.

— Garry Trudeau

There is nothing worse than annotated humour,

— Garry Trudeau

Nor will I be using any imagery that mocks Jesus Christ.

— Garry Trudeau

Once a week, I am a very desperate man.

— Garry Trudeau

I'm a pointillist, just working my tiny little piece of the canvas. I'm not so good at perspective.

— Garry Trudeau

Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?

— Garry Trudeau

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

The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.

— Garry Trudeau

In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are

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America is one of the few places where the failure to promote oneself is widely regarded as arrogance.

— Garry Trudeau

Keith Knight is mapping out a previously unknown vector of the vast cartoon universe.

— Garry Trudeau

Any time you bring sexuality into the comics pages, you have to brace for pushback.

— Garry Trudeau

The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly,…

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There's always been some concern that adult subject matter should be quarantined from a page that attracts children. Unlike late at night,…

— Garry Trudeau

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

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

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can…

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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty…

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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

Most writers seem to prefer the morning, or they feel at their best in the morning. Ideas are popping into your head…

— Garry Trudeau

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

Freedom should always be discussed within the context of responsibility.

— Garry Trudeau

In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers.

— Garry Trudeau

I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination.

— Garry Trudeau

I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist…

— Garry Trudeau

I'm a reader of milblogs, but as with all blogs, the wheat/chaff ratio makes it a poor investment of time.

— Garry Trudeau

Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.

— Garry Trudeau

America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant.

— Garry Trudeau

When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you.

— Garry Trudeau

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

I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.

— Garry Trudeau

Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military.

— Garry Trudeau

I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.

— Garry Trudeau

I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it…

— Garry Trudeau

I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.

— Garry Trudeau

Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables.

— Garry Trudeau