Books Quote by Sherman Alexie

“Real life isn’t like those comic books you love so much.”

— James L. Rubart

“Through traditional realism, the comics artist can portray the world without-- --and through the cartoon, the world within.”

— Scott McCloud

“Man, I put myself in a lot of comic strips. Something's wrong with my sense of self.”

— Stephan Pastis

“Comics are drawings, not photographs, and as such they present a subjective view of reality.”

— Frederik L. Schodt

“Isn't that what stories do, make real things fake, and fake things real?”

— Marie Rutkoski

“…faking his real life so he can live his fake one.”

— Hugh Howey

“Real life isn't made up of heroes and villains. Just ordinary people making choices they have to live with.”

— Kat Kruger

If a comic is himself, there'll be things he can't do - because he has to adhere to that persona.

— Bo Burnham

“All you really need to do is let the comic book geeks know and the rest of the world will follow.”

— David Levithan

I mean, I'm on a comic book. I'm in a video game. This is not real life.

— Mary Wiseman

“But I am a great pretender, sometimes so good at it that I convince myself that what I pretend is what is truly real.”

— Kameron Hurley

“If a writer doesn't believe his fictional characters are actually real, how can he expect the readers to?”

— Jim Power