Stephan Pastis Quotes

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.

Honestly, I grew up a huge Peanuts fan.

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.'

I was a big 'Charlie Brown' fan as a kid.

I want to shake things up like 'Bloom County' did.

'Peanuts' is a life-long influence, going back to before I could even read.

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy. How can I ever forget them.

There is something fantastically post-modern about David Frost.

I got all my politics and culture and my sense of the great wide world of adults from 'Mad Magazine.' But all other comic books literally gave me a headache.

'S.N.L.' has become what it was always trying to make fun of. It's become this big machine. I don't want to be plugged into a machine.

I learned you have to move fast, writing futuristic satire in America: Before you know it, you're a realist!

I don't think a lot of people gave 'Beavis & Butt-Head' credit for how subtle it could be.

Look at 'Batman' - that was theater of the absurd, as is 'Family Guy.'

I know kids like Beavis and Butt-head.

I don't think we'll see a 'Real Housewives of Koreatown' anytime soon, but here's hoping.

There is no way I will survive Mike Pence doing Carpool Karaoke. What song's he gonna sing? 'I Deported Your Grandmother?'

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

Most of my exposure to American pop culture was through this weird prism of 'Mad' magazine.

Zombies have always had a lot of built-in social commentary.

'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse.

'The Daily Show' was amazing because I learned so much.

There's so many shows, whether it's 'Last Week Tonight' or 'The Daily Show' or 'Full Frontal' or 'Late Night With Seth Meyers,' that are really doing great stuff talking about what's going on in the world and what's going on with the president, and those stories that everyone winds up talking about, whether on social media or in their jobs.

The scariest thing about reality TV is having all new characters that you have to be introduced to.

'Black Mirror' is definitely my favorite show.

I definitely have fun commenting on the real world and interpreting through the 'Dear White People' lens.