Lynn Johnston
Lynn Johnston
Lynn Johnston, CM OMis a Canadian cartoonist, known for her newspaper comic strip For Better or For Worse. She was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth28 May 1947
CountryUnited States of America
mother vocabulary educated
My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary
writing up-to-you life-is
I've always felt that life is a novel, and part of it is written for you, and part of it is written by you. It's up to you to write the ending, ultimately
crazy parent sound
I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths
sleep night insomnia
Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.
beautiful children school
When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's happy, she's thriving, she's full of self-confidence. I tell her she's beautiful every day before I send her off to school.
heart college world
Aaron and I will be joined at the hip until the day we die. We have loved and hated each other since the day he was born. He's very much a part of my heart. He's going to broadcasting college now, and he'll do fine. But he came into a world that did not welcome him.
thinking people unhappiness
I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that.
humble self enemy
In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too
people paper doe
Sure, I've had some bad times, but everybody does. But people don't get to talk about them like I do, unless they do to a therapist. People don't get to put them in the paper like I do.
program
Every time I "get with the program" somebody changes the channel.
running ideas answers
The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!
self-confidence firsts first-time
I had a terrible marriage the first time around because I had no self-confidence, even though I had tremendous self-confidence.
car buying-a-car buying
I'm not just buying a car - I'm buying a lifestyle!
love-you light stories
You have to be in love with your story ... It's the love of the light; the time of day; of watching the moment unravel.