59 Quotes by Berkeley Breathed

And that's why any of my picture books exist: They all seem to be built backwards from a simple, emotionally optimistic story beat.

I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I'd spent a childhood in a far different place.

Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's books.

Such is the nature of comic strips. Once established, their half-life is usually more than nuclear waste. Typically, the end result is lazy, rich cartoonists.

'Harry Potter' shouldn't be children's first experience with suspense and plot turns.

I started as a news photographer at the University Of Texas' Daily Texan.

It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers don't pop into mind when one sees one.

My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.

The comic page is dying; I didn't want to go with it.