Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry
Lynda Jean Barry is an American cartoonist and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth2 January 1956
CountryUnited States of America
afterwards form front funny hard horrified nerves people taking
It's not hard for me to be funny in front of people, but most of that is just horrified nerves taking the form of what makes people laugh, and afterwards I'd always feel dreadfully depressed, kind of self-induced bi-polar disorder.
easier less nobody people shy
It's much easier to teach writing, because people are less shy about writing. If they're in a group, nobody can see what they're writing. When you're drawing, people get a little more nervous.
hate writing people
I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?
thinking people happened
People think that whatever I put into strips has happened to me in my life.
reflection people vampire
The histories of vampires and people are not so different, really. How many of us can honestly see our own reflection?
cheer thinking people
I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.
people matter way
I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.
actual happily pay price richness
When you think about it, giving up your 'real' personality is a small price to pay for the richness of 'living happily ever after' with an actual man!
address anyone class everybody except mention talk
In my writing class, we never, ever talk about the writing - ever. We never address a story that's been read. I also won't let anyone look at the person who's reading. No eye contact; everybody has to draw a spiral. And I would like to do a drawing class where we could talk about anything except for the drawing. No one could even mention it.
ending felt glad hardly kingdom knowing though trouble
The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad it's there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble in the story, your kingdom isn't dead.
beam god light loved overhead picture remember school teacher truth
Remember when you were in school and the teacher would put a picture under an overhead projector so you could see it on the wall? God, I loved that. Tellya the truth, I used to look at that beam of light and think it was God.
Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.
gonna kids
Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.'
actions children good
'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't.