Bill Griffith Quotes

My cartoon strips in college strived to have the Schulzian mix of surrealism and Charlie Brown angst. A bit of that combo shows up in 'Up.'

As astute followers of 'Life in Hell' will notice, Akbar and Jeff wear the same striped T-shirt as Charlie Brown. 'Peanuts' was very important to me.

My two biggest influences are Archie comics and Dennis the Menace.

In the high level cartoon world, my number one admired hero would be Chas Addams - really a top, top artist that the 'New Yorker' was lucky to find and employ.

I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

Cartooning is about deconstruction: you gotta tear something down to make a joke.

Comic-strip stuff isn't really my cup of tea, really.

Don Martin was the one who really stood out. I really always loved his work. He was such a great artist.

You can go through comic strips alone and study the common man. You can trace our history.

I can only parody stuff I love.

I believe that comics are entirely for entertainment.

Comics are primal, down and dirty.

Comics are just mirrors. People can either laugh at the reflection or be disgusted by it.

I love meeting people who have absolutely no sense of irony. It's really fascinating to imagine what it would be like to go through life without understanding even the most basic of ironies.

Sometimes I'll say, "When Sandy Bullock and I were doing Speed - the movie, not the drug." Just in case someone's listening.

Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony.

There's no ironic appreciation of things we love, even of things that are in fact ridiculous, which a hipster might take and own and show the world the humor in it.

Eww," Jack said, and then giggled. "Yeah, and a Paris Hilton doll that had an optional brain."Aphrodite raised her brow at him. "Don't go all crazy. There are some things even Paris Hilton can't buy.

That's alright," said Hugo. "I've got some wine" Which was about all he seemed to have. He poured out two mugfuls. "Very nice," said Adrian, sipping appreciatively. "I wonder how they got the cat to sit on the bottle." "It's cheap, that's the main thing.

I am not collecting copies of the cheaper editions of Omar Khayyám. I gave the last four that I received to the lift-boy, and I like to think of him reading them, with FitzGerald's notes, to his aged mother. Lift-boys always have aged mothers; shows such nice feeling on their part, I think.

Bless thy simplicity, Tess

True wit, to every man, is that which falls on another.

These people were not only cheering, they were throwing flowers and hats. The hats were made of stone, but the thought was there.

Do you ever look at the sky and think, I'm glad I'm alive? After I heard System of a Down, I thought, I'm actually alive to hear the shittiest band of all time. Which is quite something when you think about it. Of all the bands that have gone before and all the bands that'll be in the future, I was around when the worst was around.