America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant. — Garry Trudeau America 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
I'm a reader of milblogs, but as with all blogs, the wheat/chaff ratio makes it a poor investment of time. — Garry Trudeau Blog 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 Copy Share Image
I've never taken any issue off the table for lack of suitability. Only for lack of imagination. — Garry Trudeau 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 Copy Share Image
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 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 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
Most writers seem to prefer the morning, or they feel at their best in the morning. Ideas are popping into your head… — Garry Trudeau 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
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
Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can… — Garry Trudeau Books 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