Mort Walker

My father was a dreamer who was always broke. He wanted to be a cartoonist.

— Mort Walker

Professionals don't get writer's block. I can always come up with the punch line.

— Mort Walker

Beetle is the embodiment of everybody's resistance to authority, all the rules and regulations which you've got to follow. He deals with…

— Mort Walker

Life is like a game of chess...there are many moves possible, but each move determines your next move...where you wind up is…

— Mort Walker

I've always said that what cartoonists do is create friends for readers.

— Mort Walker

I go to the grocery store with my wife. She goes off to buy something. Where is she, anyways? So I ask…

— Mort Walker

Beetle Bailey is actually me, in uniform. I've got about 20 characters, and they're all after friends of mine.

— Mort Walker

Most people are sort of against authority. Here's Beetle always challenging authority. I think people relate to it.

— Mort Walker

Seven days without laughter makes one weak.

— Mort Walker

At one time Tribune Syndicate emptied out their storeroom. They put tables full of original cartoons down in the lobby and said…

— Mort Walker

“Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart. Seven days without laughter makes one weak.”

— Mort Walker

Some people will do schlock or anything, just to get their name on it.

— Mort Walker

When I first started, you couldn't mention divorce or death. You couldn't show smelly socks. You couldn't show a snake. They took…

— Mort Walker

I like a happy ending. That's what I do all the time. I like to make people feel happy.

— Mort Walker

Comics have always helped people to read. A lot of people learned to read by reading the comics. And it's our livelihood,…

— Mort Walker

None of the established museums were treating cartoons seriously. It was considered a lesser art or no art at all, just a…

— Mort Walker

You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas…

— Mort Walker

The frustration of being ordered around by somebody to do something - everyone can relate to that. I think Beetle represents that…

— Mort Walker

When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were…

— Mort Walker

About the only way you can find out about the common man, his slang, what he looked like, what he thought, is…

— Mort Walker

I took my basic training on a golf course in Florida. Then I was on the boxing team. We did some demonstrations,…

— Mort Walker

When I draw, I rule the world.

— Mort Walker

“Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of the heart.”

— Mort Walker

You can go through comic strips alone and study the common man. You can trace our history.

— Mort Walker

I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gold…

— Mort Walker