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
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
I think, especially with my parents, I wanted to remember who they were. I wanted to remember all of it. I didn't want to purge myself of it. I wanted to remember it. Roz Chast parentpurgeremember Change image and share on social
I like being able to go grocery shopping and not feel that I'm fighting a thousand people. Roz Chast feelfightgrocery Change image and share on social
My parents were fine at 85. So 85's nothing. 100 is another thing. I have a friend whose mother is about to turn 101, and it's not great. Roz Chast finefriendgreat Change image and share on social
I think, with my cartoons, the parent-like figures are kind of my own archeypes of parents, and they're taken a little bit from my parents and other people's parents, and parents I have read about, and parents I dreamed about, and parents that I made up. Roz Chast archeypesbitecartoon share on social
There's something about most phobias where there's a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen. Roz Chast cornerhappenphobia Change image and share on social
I always imagined my little cartoons on plates for some reason. Roz Chast cartoonimagineplate Change image and share on social
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 don't like anything that looks gelatinous - really weirds me out. But when I was a kid, I used to get very, very upset if anything had a kind of chalky texture; like, certain kinds of cottage cheese I know have a weird chalkiness. Roz Chast chalkinesschalkycheese share on social
