PAUL CONRAD

I've never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I've never seen a good drawing save a bad idea.

Throughout our history - and that of the world - it's always come down to the friction between the haves and have-nots or between the average Joes and the large corporations. So that's a recurring theme in my work.

I wake up angry every morning and start reading [the newspapers]. Then I'm furious.

Nobody ever accused me of being objective.

If I can finish a cartoon in 20 minutes, then that's the ideal editorial cartoon - it's to the point.

It is a peculiar art form, but I think it's a necessary art form - and I do believe it's a noble art form.

There is too much illustrating of the news these days. I look at many editorial cartoons and I don't know what the cartoonists are saying or how they feel about a certain issue.

I decide who's right and who's wrong, and go from there. But I can't just comment on an issue. I've got to take an editorial position. Too many cartoonists simply illustrate the news. Well, the readers know the news, and a cartoon that illustrates doesn't tell them a thing they don't already know. So, I formulate an opinion and draw it.

Cartoons are ridicule and satire by definition. A negative attitude is the nature of the art.

I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons.

I've never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I've never seen a good drawing save a bad idea.

It is a peculiar art form, but I think it's a necessary art form - and I do believe it's a noble art form.

I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons.

If I can finish a cartoon in 20 minutes, then that's the ideal editorial cartoon - it's to the point.

There is too much illustrating of the news these days. I look at many editorial cartoons and I don't know what the cartoonists are saying or how they feel about a certain issue.

Cartoons are ridicule and satire by definition. A negative attitude is the nature of the art.

Throughout our history - and that of the world - it's always come down to the friction between the haves and have-nots or between the average Joes and the large corporations. So that's a recurring theme in my work.

I wake up angry every morning and start reading [the newspapers]. Then I'm furious.

Nobody ever accused me of being objective.

I decide who's right and who's wrong, and go from there. But I can't just comment on an issue. I've got to take an editorial position. Too many cartoonists simply illustrate the news. Well, the readers know the news, and a cartoon that illustrates doesn't tell them a thing they don't already know. So, I formulate an opinion and draw it.