Jim Woodring Quotes

Comics is a great medium to get a lot of stories out.

Cartooning is an honorable thing.

Lots of people hate my stuff.

Everybody hates critics.

I'm not a big 'Moneyball' fan.

I like to think that I could praise the good book of someone I personally dislike. I try not to comment on the person, to be insulting, but I have no trouble being insulting to the work.

I love film criticism as an art. I think it's a very important thing.

I mean, of course there's art in video games - duh.

I'm not a big fan of the comics competing against each other.

When somebody comes along and says, "I think Washington, DC, sucks," that's not wrong.

To a critic, no explanation will do. To a fan, no explanation is needed.

Drawing is more fun to me than writing. I think it's interesting to talk to different cartoonists about how those activities work for them. I'm a very writerly cartoonist. I certainly spend more time on the writing than I do on the drawing, even though the drawing, of course, is very time-consuming.

There's a lot of people out there who didn't like my style of comedy.

Don't get me started on critics.

You know, you've got fans and 99.9 percent of them are great-and .1 percent are jerks.

I'm a massive fan of the Stones, and I don't think anybody should deny them the right to carry on making music. I just wish they wouldn't wear leggings.

I read the art reviews of my work. Some critics understand my art correctly, while some don't. I simply ignore the reviews written by the latter.

You're trying your damndest, you strike out and they boo you. I act like it doesn't bother me, like I don't hear anything the fans say, but the truth is I hear every word of it and it kills me.

Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise.

The one thing I don't understand is when people make comments who are clearly not fans of mine. I think, why are you here? Why are you wasting your time? It's fascinating.

One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.

I don't mind being criticized intelligently; although I don't love it.

I wanted to drag Shakespeare from obscurity. I've been a fan my whole life.

I don't know why you'd spend any of your time trying to remake something that you don't actually like.

Comics were a place where captivating images lit your imagination and showed you that you can create new kinds of people and worlds.