Becoming Quote by Robert Crumb

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a cartoonist. That's my Life. DRAWING.

— Charles M. Schulz

I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

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

— Michael Leunig

In many ways, my entire graphic novel career was a long diversion. Originally, all I wanted to do was to be an underground cartoonist…

— Alan Moore

I wanted to be a cartoonist. I was one of those kids who sat around and drew in my room all the time.

— Michael Stuhlbarg

I am principally an artist. I became a political cartoonist.

— Robert Graysmith

I really wanted to be a cartoonist, and I was in 4th or 5th grade and I would bring my drawings in, and I'd…

— R. L. Stine

As a cartoonist, my single goal is to create people with whom, for better or for worse - and regardless of how embarrassing it…

— Chris Ware

I'd rather be a cartoonist. I don't want to be a publisher.

— Charles Forsman

I wish my work would be recognized by a larger crowd of people as more art than be stuck with the cartoonist label for…

— Julie Doucet

When I graduated, I sort of went from school to being a cartoonist, and I couldn't draw.

— Ryan North

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

— Robert Mankoff