I love detail, like drawing what's on top of someone's coffee table. Maybe there's a little bowl of butterscotch candies on it, next to the four TV remotes. Roz Chast bowlbutterscotchcandy Change image and share on social
In Brooklyn, I don't feel that I'm holding up people with briefcases if I catch a stroller wheel in the sidewalk. Roz Chast briefcasebrooklyncatch Change image and share on social
The wonderful thing about the cartoon form is it's a combination of words and pictures. You don't have to choose, and the contribution of the two often winds up being greater than the sum of its parts. Roz Chast cartoonchoosecombination 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
I can't even look at daily comic strips. And I hate sitcoms because they don't seem like real people to me: they're props that often say horrible things to each other, which I don't find funny. I have to feel like they're real people. Roz Chast comicdailyfeel share on social
My works were not - and they still aren't - single panel gags with a punch line underneath them. I like a lot of those cartoons; I just don't draw them. Roz Chast cartoondrawgag Change image and share on social
I'm sure that my parents' behavior has entered my work, I'm sorry to say. I don't think you need to have a difficult childhood to be funny, but it helps. Roz Chast behaviorchildhooddifficult Change image and share on social
My parents were very, very close; they pretty much grew up together. They were born in 1912. They were each other's only boyfriend and girlfriend. They were - to use a contemporary term I hate - co-dependent, and they had me very late. So they had their way of doing things, and they reinforced each other. Roz Chast bearboyfriendclose 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