A comic strip that your parents read when they were young is a curious thing: it's an heirloom, and it's also intimate. You peer through windows and look at the things that made your elders laugh, and then you wonder whether the laugh really belongs to you. Elizabeth McCracken belongcomiccurious share on social
Life likes jokes; life is constantly making jokes, even at the most inopportune moments. Elizabeth McCracken constantlyinopportunejoke Change image and share on social
Revising stuff lately, I was shocked to see how often my characters scratched their ankles, felt their feet, and touched their own ears. Elizabeth McCracken anklecharacterear Change image and share on social
There's a good chance that in 40 years, after the floods, people zipping by on scavenged jetpacks with their scavenged baseball caps on backwards, I will be in my rocking chair saying bitterly, 'I remember when 'all right' was two words.' Elizabeth McCracken backwardsbaseballbitterly share on social
It's an amazing thing to watch a lizard fold a moth into its mouth, like a sword swallower who specialises in umbrellas. Elizabeth McCracken amazefoldlizard Change image and share on social
Tweeting about objects means I don't need to bid on them, which is a blessing. Buying something is a way of saying, 'Look at this!' So is tweeting. So, I guess, is writing fiction. Elizabeth McCracken bidblessbuy Change image and share on social
New Orleans is still the place where you find out that you have a doppelganger and feel lucky - but somehow unsurprised - to learn that his name is Mad Bottom. Elizabeth McCracken bottomdoppelgangerfeel Change image and share on social
In 'Property,' none of the characters are based on any real people, but the house is very much the house that I moved into in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Elizabeth McCracken basecharacterhouse Change image and share on social
I can't imagine not joking even at the worst of times. And for me, it's sort of automatic. Elizabeth McCracken automaticbadimagine Change image and share on social
I like seeing my physical progress through a volume, particularly if it's a big book. Elizabeth McCracken bigbookphysical Change image and share on social
