--- title: "Best Ryan North Sayings" description: "Ryan North is a Canadian webcomic and comic book writer and computer programmer. Browse 92 Ryan North quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ryan-north-81994.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ryan-north-81994.jpg) # Ryan North (1980) Engineer Canada **92** quotes in **345** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Ryan North is an engineer from Canada, best known for *Adventure Time vol. 1*. ## Quick Facts About Ryan North Born October 20, 1980 Nationality Canada Profession Engineer Notable works Adventure Time vol. 1 Known for Dinosaur Comics, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl ## About Ryan North Ryan North is a Canadian webcomic and comic book writer and computer programmer. ## Awards & Honors Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story Special Award for Humor ## Quotes by Ryan North · Page 3 > [I see Jughead as being generally this really rational dude, this anchor of sensibility in a world of boy/girl-crazy friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/i-see-jughead-as-being-generally-this-really-rational-dude-this/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/ryan-north-7388_anchor_i-see-jughead-as-being-generally-this-re_1306037.jpg) > [You can do so much crazy stuff with books that isn't necessarily being done. That's how culture stays alive - by doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/you-can-do-so-much-crazy-stuff-with-books-that-isn-t-necessarily/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27d/ryan-north-7388_alive_you-can-do-so-much-crazy-stuff-with-book_959908.jpg) > [The fun thing about writing a book with multiple paths and multiple endings is you really get to explore the characters and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/the-fun-thing-about-writing-a-book-with-multiple-paths-and-multiple/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/ryan-north-7388_book_the-fun-thing-about-writing-a-book-with_1288003.jpg) > [The nice thing with Shakespeare from a modern point of view is that a lot of stuff that was tragic for him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/the-nice-thing-with-shakespeare-from-a-modern-point-of-view-is-that-a/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/ryan-north-7388_modern_the-nice-thing-with-shakespeare-from-a-m_2454462.jpg) > [I'm suddenly worried people will think that I believe their religion can be summed up on four sex-obsessed sentences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/i-m-suddenly-worried-people-will-think-that-i-believe-their-religion/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/ryan-north-7388_believe_i-m-suddenly-worried-people-will-think-t_1178899.jpg) > [I've said this before, but I think one of the reason so many of the cartoonists I know have become friends is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/i-ve-said-this-before-but-i-think-one-of-the-reason-so-many-of-the/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Cartoonists](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cartoonists/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/641/ryan-north-7388_cartoonists_i-ve-said-this-before-but-i-think-one-of_119924.jpg) > [I'm totally applying assumed Creative Commons rights and ripping this post from Jason verbatim, since it says everything I want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/i-m-totally-applying-assumed-creative-commons-rights-and-ripping-this/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Creative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/ryan-north-7388_creative_i-m-totally-applying-assumed-creative-co_1208122.jpg) > [“Hey, McFly!" Has Biff returned??  No!  It turns out that Howard, George's neighbour, is there!  And he wants to sell him Girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/hey-mcfly-has-biff-returned-no-it-turns-out-that-howard-george-s/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Girl scout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/girl-scout/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/ryan-north-7388_girl-scout_hey-mcfly-has-biff-returned-no-it-turns_729254.jpg) > [I speculate that the genesis of the chicken-joke lies in some situation such as the one illustrated above, but over time the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/i-speculate-that-the-genesis-of-the-chicken-joke-lies-in-some/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d0/ryan-north-7388_chickens_i-speculate-that-the-genesis-of-the-chic_1469627.jpg) > [Writing 'Jughead' in general is a pleasure because - and I think a lot of very tall guys can agree with me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/writing-jughead-in-general-is-a-pleasure-because-and-i-think-a-lot-of/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/ryan-north-7388_i-think_writing-jughead-in-general-is-a-pleasure_1978866.jpg) > [The first mp3 I downloaded, which I guess was illegal, was a symphonic rendering of the Super Mario Brothers 1-1 theme song.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/the-first-mp3-i-downloaded-which-i-guess-was-illegal-was-a-symphonic/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Brothers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brothers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/ryan-north-7388_brothers_the-first-mp3-i-downloaded-which-i-guess_576154.jpg) > [ComicsAlliance asked if I wanted to do some holiday comics using a new layout and I said ‘HELLO, NEVER IN MY NEAR-DECADE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/comicsalliance-asked-if-i-wanted-to-do-some-holiday-comics-using-a/) [Ryan North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/) [Comic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/ryan-north-7388_comic_comicsalliance-asked-if-i-wanted-to-do-s_497300.jpg) ## Ryan North by topic [Comic (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comic/ryan-north/) [Writing (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/ryan-north/) [Writer (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writer/ryan-north/) [Books (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/ryan-north/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-north/#itemlist", "name": "Ryan North Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I see Jughead as being generally this really rational dude, this anchor of sensibility in a world of boy/girl-crazy friends.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ryan North" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-north/i-see-jughead-as-being-generally-this-really-rational-dude-this/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/ryan-north-7388_anchor_i-see-jughead-as-being-generally-this-re_1306037.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/ryan-north-7388_anchor_i-see-jughead-as-being-generally-this-re_1306037.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/ryan-north-7388_anchor_i-see-jughead-as-being-generally-this-re_1306037.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I see Jughead as being generally this really rational dude, this anchor of sensibility in a world of…” — Ryan North", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can do so much crazy stuff with books that isn't necessarily being done. 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