Ask me Quote by Matt Groening

People often ask me about my upbringing, and if there was anything particular about it that made me become a cartoonist.

— Robert Mankoff

The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone's apartment and they don't know you, but they've taped…

— Ted Rall

I don't really know what makes someone want to be a cartoonist, but part of it is trying to get in trouble. You're looking…

— Barry Blitt

My father would sit and design furniture and cabinets - he was a carpenter and cabinet maker - and I would ask for my…

— Burne Hogarth

I didn't feel that my identity was caught up in being a cartoonist, and that if it stopped I'd stop.

— Gary Larson

It was very natural that people just think of me as a comic actor.

— Curtis Armstrong

I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.

— Michael Leunig

I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was…

— Lynda Barry

“What I’ve noticed in a lot of other cartoonists is a sullen resentfulness about their lack of attention and tiny checking accounts. I vowed…

— Matt Groening

When I did get into comic books, it was after a whole other career, and when I got into comic books, they didn't even…

— Neal Adams

The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other.. I was a cartoon character. A joke.

— Ann-Margret

It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I…

— Daniel Clowes