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33 quotes by Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel (/ˈbɛkdəl/ BEK-dəl; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic memoir Fun Home, which was subsequently adapted as a musical. She is a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Award.
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It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.

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I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.

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I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself.

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I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times.

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I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, Sparrow's boyfriend. I love that. Even though I used to say I wanted men... →

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For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.

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Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out.

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And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency... →

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I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken it out of the slideshow.

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I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

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Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

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People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or... →

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That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven't figured out yet.... →

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