Garry Trudeau Quotes

"That's for the readers to adjudge, but I will say that in general public commentators have nowhere near the clout that we enjoyed 35 years ago, the age of four TV channels and no Internet, ... As far as I'm concerned, it's all good. You can't have too many voices in a democracy. Talented people will find their audiences."
-Garry Trudeau

"Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it."
-Garry Trudeau

"Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader, ... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better."
-Garry Trudeau

"There are so many ways to get it wrong, ... They figured, correctly, I could use all the help I could get."
-Garry Trudeau

"Those were very self-serious times, ... The end of the Vietnam War changed all that. The nation exhaled, `Saturday Night Live' hit big, and satire really took off."
-Garry Trudeau

"Second-guessing editors. They're obliged to be responsive to their individual communities, and I'm not the one who has to deal directly with reader blow-back."
-Garry Trudeau

"I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence."
-Garry Trudeau

"America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant."
-Garry Trudeau

"Nor will I be using any imagery that mocks Jesus Christ."
-Garry Trudeau