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If I could only turn the etch-a-sketch of my life upside down.
Lynda Barry
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Lynda Barry
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
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Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word.
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I am about as detailed as a shadow.
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My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.
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No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.
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If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately.
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But when the thing that is scaring you is already Jesus, who are you supposed to pray to?
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For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.
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Then how can you ever know about the beautiful goodness of Mud? How bad it wants to be things. How bad it wants to get on your legs and arms and take your footprints and handprints and how bad it wants you to make it alive! Mud is always ready to play with you. Seriously you should try it!
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The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad its there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble in the story, your kingdom isnt dead.
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What is an idea made of? Of future, past and also meanwhile.
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