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 children home
But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home.
book writing exercise
Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.
mom morning dad
Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.
sex father book
If I was in love with someone, I would get their picture out of the school yearbook and do portraits. If I was curious about sex, I would draw pictures of it. There were no books for me to look at. Then I would go find my father's matches to burn the paper
christmas memories magic
Memories and magic is what Christmas is all about.
children unique use
We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We begin as children to explore and develop our talents, often unaware that we are unique, that not everyone can do what we're doing!
fall taken long
Its taken me a long time to become the person I am, for all the ugliness to fall away. The rotten flesh is gone, and the seed is there. I can touch that now.
daughter mother children
You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian.
brother laughing people
My brother was a great audience, and if he liked the picture, he would laugh and laugh and laugh, and he would want to keep the picture. Making people laugh with an image I had created... what power that was!
long complaining persons
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.
inspirational profound silence
The most profound statements are often said in silence.
age matter looks
No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.
im-sorry apology i-am-sorry
An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.
money order dies
You don't have to die in order to make a living.