Stephan Pastis Quotes

I love dark humor that crosses the line and makes you say, 'That's so wrong!' And that's 'Family Guy' to me.

I'll come out and say it because no one else will: French gross-out humor is the best. Particularly the illustrated variety.

I think American guys tend to be a bit more forward, a bit more chatty and open than the Brits. The Brits seem to have a darker sense of humor, though I have met some Americans who have adopted bits of the British dry sense of humor as well.

Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable.

If you're a studio writer, the funny better be on the page.

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.

All cartoonists are geniuses, but Arnold Roth is especially so.

South Park started as a little video Christmas card.

Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.

It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.

The business of entertainment is business first. I do a comic strip; the job, the business, is to be funny. If I’m not funny, the politics don’t matter, because no one will read it.

Anything with 'Family Guy' is great.

I'm not into cartoons. That's the irony of it.

I love me some 'Family Guy.'

I have a good sense of humor. I'm not Martin Lawrence by any means. I'm a little too country to be Chris Rock. But I fancy myself as being somebody with a good sense of humor.

I've said things on Twitter that I've said deliberately because I think they're out of order, I think that's the sense of humour that I've got. I like saying things that I think are terrible, because it gives me a buzz.

People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.

I liked the old comic books, especially the funny ones like 'Popeye' and 'Beetle Bailey.'

I think Seth McFarlane is brilliant, and I think 'Family Guy' should get an Emmy for sure.

I think the No. 1 lesson I learned from 'The Simpsons' was just that animation could be as funny as live-action. That animation could be funnier than live-action. That animation didn't have to just be for kids.

'Jingle Belle' spins out of my love for just sitting down and reading a good, fun Sunday morning comic strip panel.

In general, daily strips were just a regular part of my childhood. So even if I wasn't a huge fan of most of those strips, I still read them religiously every morning while I ate my cereal.

I definitely grew up on Garfield. I just loved his pessimism.

See you in the funny papers," he said. Jaunty, he reminded himself; always jaunty. In my panache is their hope for salvation.