I don't put myself through that nauseating experience of looking at someone's face while they go through your stuff. Ugh! It's just horrible! It gives me the cringes to even think about it. Roz Chast cringeexperienceface Change image and share on social
I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously. Roz Chast assistantfathergood Change image and share on social
I love my parents. I did love them. It's complicated. Roz Chast complicateloveparent Change image and share on social
I've had people ask me if it would have been easier to take care of your parents if you had siblings, and I think it's 50/50. I know people who have siblings, and there is a lot of acrimony because somebody always feels that they are doing more than the other person. Roz Chast acrimonycareeasy share on social
I have an African gray parrot; her name is Eli. We thought she was a boy. And a blue-streaked lory named Marco. He's 10. And a yellow and green parakeet, Petey. He's very cute, but he's getting old. Roz Chast africanblueboy Change image and share on social
It was deeply interesting to observe my mother closely and to draw her. During those last months, she wasn't speaking much, if at all, and it was a way for me to be with her. It felt very natural. Roz Chast closelydeeplydraw Change image and share on social
My parents scrimped and saved all their lives, to the point where my mother used a disgusting old oven mitt that was stained and partly patched together with a skirt I made in seventh grade. Roz Chast disgustgradelive Change image and share on social
I think that children's books should be censored not for references to sex but for references to diseases. I mean, who didn't think after reading 'Madeline' that they were going to get appendicitis? Roz Chast appendicitisbookcensor Change image and share on social
My parents were born in 1912; they graduated from college into the Depression. They kept notebooks of every nickel they spent, and these habits of frugality from having grown up so poor never left them. Roz Chast bearcollegedepression share on social
Even if you don't have any dishes, you need a celery dish. Roz Chast celerydish Change image and share on social
