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
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
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 don't like going into the basement. I'm always afraid that something's going to blow up. Roz Chast afraidbasementblow Change image and share on social
I've done a lot of death cartoons - tombstones, Grim Reaper, illness, obituaries... I'm not great at analyzing things, but my guess is that maybe the only relief from the terror of being alive is jokes. Roz Chast aliveanalyzecartoon 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
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
I love my parents. I did love them. It's complicated. Roz Chast complicateloveparent Change image and share on social
