Ryan North

It turns out childbirth is really... messy.

— Ryan North

Failure is just success rounded down.

— Ryan North

There's only one Squirrel Girl!

— Ryan North

“As they say, 'It's all downhill from cupcakes.”

— Ryan North

It's good to have hobbies.

— Ryan North

“Algebraic to the limit!”

— Ryan North

I believe good writing can save bad art.

— Ryan North

It's actually deeply satisfying to write a story out in full.

— Ryan North

“Failure is just success rounded down, my friend!”

— Ryan North

Librarians are awesome; I don't care who knows it.

— Ryan North

I do actually do good work! And it's hard! And I'm worth it!

— Ryan North

Being online works really well for any creative work, but especially comics.

— Ryan North

Yes, I've won prizes for putting words on a computer.

— Ryan North

No offense to real jobs, but comics seemed a lot more fun.

— Ryan North

Your worst enemy as a writer - especially one working online a lot of the time - is obscurity.

— Ryan North

In earlier comics, my only priority was telling a joke in the last panel, but now I try to make every panel…

— Ryan North

“Everyone loves brunch. OBVIOUSLY, but you super-love brunch. You are so big into brunch that your middle name should be "Brunch"...”

— Ryan North

There may be this hidden, hate-filled community of online cartoonists, but if there are, I haven't found it yet. We're all generally…

— Ryan North

Sometimes I feel like I must be hinting at this deep well of knowledge when, really, I just skim off the surface.

— Ryan North

I read all these Marvel wikis, and there are characters that just stand out to you, and you think, 'How is this…

— Ryan North

I love the idea that if you're going to travel through time, you do it in this insanely dangerous car travelling at…

— Ryan North

But giving up's easy. You know what's hard? To believe in your own worth, to know you've got something special in you…

— Ryan North

We're all already aware of boobies; it is the general state of most people in North America! THANKS, MEDIA AND THE MALE…

— Ryan North

I speculate that the genesis of the chicken-joke lies in some situation such as the one illustrated above, but over time the…

— Ryan North

My first book, 'To Be or Not To Be,' took 'Hamlet' and converted it to the choose-your-own-path format. It was a great…

— Ryan North

I've always found it funny when people call 'Romeo and Juliet' 'the greatest love story ever told' because - man - it…

— Ryan North

What I thought would be fun would be Squirrel Girl being this computer science student, working in STEM, because you don't see…

— Ryan North

A huge potential audience, great interaction with your readers, the ability to see what people like and what they don't, the ability…

— Ryan North

“It's sad, and you're sad, but as you reflect on the three wonderful years you shared you begin to realize that relationships…

— Ryan North

I used to worry that I had a finite supply of ideas, that I should hold on to each of them in…

— Ryan North

ComicsAlliance asked if I wanted to do some holiday comics using a new layout and I said ‘HELLO, NEVER IN MY NEAR-DECADE…

— Ryan North

“To answer your question as honestly as I can, I've wanted since I was very little to not have to worry about…

— Ryan North

Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.

— Ryan North

I thought there was something inherently interesting in people turning to gold. It's pretty cool.

— Ryan North

There are so many ways to make a book or comic, but most involve doing something online.

— Ryan North

I'd hate to be writing 'Adventure Time' comics and not be excited about it.

— Ryan North

“Dude, trouble's just an adventure you haven't finished yet!" - Jake the Dog”

— Ryan North

With 'Machine of Death,' we became the #1 bestselling book on Amazon in a single day.

— Ryan North

You can have an idea that everyone else thinks is dumb, and it's still a good idea.

— Ryan North

The great thing about online comics is that this happens naturally, even if you don't advertise.

— Ryan North