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Lynda Barry


American
January 2, 1956
Cartoonist
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Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.


Lynda Barry
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When you are little, you will draw pictures for no reason.


Lynda Barry
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I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.
Lynda Barry
'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't.
Lynda Barry
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I believe a kid who is playing is not alone. There is something brought alive during play, and this something, when played with, seems to play back.
Lynda Barry
I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky.
Lynda Barry
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Playing and fun are not the same thing, though when we grow up we may forget that and find ourselves mixing up playing with happiness. There can be a kind of amnesia about the seriousness of playing, especially when we played by ourselves.
Lynda Barry
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.
Lynda Barry
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When you learn about stories in school, you get it backward. You start to think 'Oh, the reason these things are in stories is because a book said I need to put these things in there.' You need a death, as my husband says, and you need a little sidekick with a saying like 'Skivel-dee-doo!'
Lynda Barry
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