Of course I loved 'I Love Lucy' and saw every episode over and over again. I found it heartbreaking that Ricky got to be famous and have an exciting life at the Tropicana while Lucy was stuck in that terrible apartment with the Mertzes. Bruce Eric Kaplan apartmentepisodeexcit share on social
I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them. Bruce Eric Kaplan graduationlovespeech Change image and share on social
Yes, the people I draw don't have a wide variety of looks. Every now and then I'll spruce it up, like a woman will be wearing a two-piece suit as opposed to a one-piece, or a man will not be wearing a tie; he'll just have a collar. Bruce Eric Kaplan collardrawman share on social
It was memorable the first time 'The New Yorker' bought a cartoon from me. I had been sending them batches for years every week, and they didn't respond to them. Bruce Eric Kaplan batchbuycartoon Change image and share on social
In television writing, you want to hear what the characters say as opposed to giving them something to say. It's the same with the cartoons. Bruce Eric Kaplan cartooncharactergive Change image and share on social
I am assuming my father learned at an early age that there is nothing more dangerous than showing your true self. I think a lot of us learn that, and it actually may be true. Bruce Eric Kaplan ageassumedangerous Change image and share on social
One quintessential moment in time is when you're 22, when you graduate college. And then another quintessential time is as a middle-age man. That's the convergence. Bruce Eric Kaplan agecollegeconvergence Change image and share on social
One identity is as a television writer, which is very classically Southern California, but another of my personae is as a New Yorker cartoonist. Bruce Eric Kaplan californiacartoonistclassically Change image and share on social
It's self-soothing for me to draw. So if I'm upset, drawing makes me less upset. Bruce Eric Kaplan drawmakesothe Change image and share on social
James Thurber was an inspiration because his drawings were so primitive. I am self-taught - I didn't go to art school - so I thought when I started doing them, 'If James Thurber can be a cartoonist, I can,' because his stuff is very raw. Bruce Eric Kaplan artcartoonistdrawing share on social
