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40 quotes by Stephan Pastis

Stephan Thomas Pastis (pronounced stɛfən pæstəs) (born January 16, 1968) is an American cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. He has since begun writing children's chapter books, commencing the release of Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, which debuted at #4 on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Middle Grade Books.
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I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first.

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I do what makes me laugh.

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If somebody is not on the same page with me humor wise, I can't give them that.

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Sticking to my schedule, I've gotten over seven months ahead, which allowed me to write a 'Pearls Before Swine' movie script for the big... →

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The principles of comedy are the principles of comedy. I can hear funny.

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We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats.

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You can write a little and can draw a little, but there's necessarily a limitation on both in a comic strip, since it appears in such a tiny... →

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Maybe the bar is low, but most of the strips that are 50, 60, 70 years old that are on their second or third generation of artists, the humor is... →

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You can't just count on becoming a syndicated cartoonist. I actually tried to calculate the odds once, and the best I could come up with is a... →

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I want a career writing these novels that I can be proud of. And then I want one as a screenwriter.

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Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying.

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Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting.

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Repeats are the absolute soul-crushing killers of the comics page.

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