Allan Guthrie Quotes

I do think I tend to have a darker nature than most.

I lean towards traditionally what people would consider the more negative side of life.

The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows seem to be closing in. The final conclusion isn't that life is wonderful and everything is bright and cheery and in the garden.

I think I have a dark view of the world. I have to make everything funny, otherwise it all seems so sad.

I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's.

I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything.

I've never been an optimist.

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are bad, then I'm worried that it's going to be permanent. It's not a very comfortable attitude to have all the time.

I don't think the world is a particularly pleasant place.

I was imbued from a very early age with a sense of doom.

I'm not a particularly shiny, happy person. I'm fairly cynical, and that's what draws me to comedy.

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

I'm probably the most negative person around.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.

Pessimism is my default setting.

There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.

Pessimists are born, true, but they also can be made.

I'm one of the more pessimistic cats on the planet. I make Van Gogh look like a rodeo clown.

Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I'm in a good mood, generally the comic strip starts out in a good mood, but the punchline is very negative and sour.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.