Lynda Barry

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.

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.

In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.

It's true - women want the fantasy. So give them romance - but without the desperation, wondering, and waiting you see in the movies.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.