Quote

I think there's a lot of good and bad to L.A. One of the things you have to consider is that you can, if you're lucky, make a decent living here. That's a big plus. That's pretty positive. The weather is OK.

Aaron McGruder

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Aaron McGruder
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: May 29
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Think
Consider
Thinking
Positive
Lucky
Pretty
Living
Make
Plus
Good
Decent
Things
Weather

More quotes by Aaron McGruder

Image
It may sound weird, but I don't really look for culture, particularly in an American city.
Aaron McGruder
Image
Don't get me wrong, it definitely ain't the Democratic Party either. They're so bad, I mean I'm actually starting to believe that John Kerry was just token resistance, that he literally was down with George W.Bush. It was just such a horrible, horrible, horrible thing to see, that campaign. So, you know, I don't know what's going on.
Aaron McGruder
Image
One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.
Aaron McGruder
Image
When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
Aaron McGruder
Image
But I know that in Toronto and Vancouver there are all the comforts of America, and yet there's a difference in the people, and I had health care.
Aaron McGruder
Image
You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.
Aaron McGruder
Image
The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
Aaron McGruder
Image
We have to confront the very scary fact that the president is a moron. He's really dumb.
Aaron McGruder
Image
I don't know what the future holds. It seems to be going in a really bad, bad place really quickly, and I don't have the answers and I don't have the solutions and I don't know what's gonna happen to change it. But the continued apathy will only lead to a worse situation for everybody.
Aaron McGruder
Image
In USA culture is just a matter of commerce. So, you know, I don't really look for that, and I don't expect to find it in any city.
Aaron McGruder
Image
I'm not crazy impressed with New York. I mean, I don't buy into that whole thing: Everyone in New York is all sophisticated, and they're into art and sophisticated things, and everyone in L.A. is just shallow entertainment people. I think people are just shallow across the board.
Aaron McGruder
Image
I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
Aaron McGruder
Image
I think the two-party system is a complete sham I think it is designed so that the voters can feel like they have the satisfaction of throwing those bums out of office every four to eight years, but without the direction of the country ever significantly changing.
Aaron McGruder
Image
I don't think the American government has a lot of respect for culture.
Aaron McGruder
Image
I do the interviews and then I read about myself. I understand it and I get what it is. But there's so much stuff that I say, either jokingly or lightheartedly, that gets printed like I'm dead serious.
Aaron McGruder
Image
I'm actually kind of angriest about the fact that everybody keeps saying how angry I am.
Aaron McGruder
Image
I think revolution is always a little bit possible. I think it won't look or sound anything like what we would expect. But I think revolution is very difficult, and I'm not optimistic for any kind of dramatic change.
Aaron McGruder
Image
And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
Aaron McGruder
Image
I think the people should demand accountability on the voting. I think there's no point in voting if you're not gonna demand fairness and be able to verify each vote. And other countries can do this fairly easily. So I don't think you really want democracy if you're not willing to take that first step.
Aaron McGruder
Image
I think, being a public figure - which, I have to admit, I guess I'm largely responsible for, in terms of going out and putting myself out there - comes with its own burdens, and its own things that cause you stress, and its own worries.
Aaron McGruder