19 Quotes by Jeff MacNelly

I look at people, and I like to laugh at them.

If you're a balanced cartoonist, you're not a cartoonist. You definitely have to have a bias.

Political cartoonists get hung up on daily deadlines and the front page. The worst thing you can do is open up the newspaper and ask, 'What's funny about this?'

Everybody's funny-looking.

I really do have a self-censorship problem, which isn't the way you should be if you're a cartoonist.

I'm kind of a nerd. A square. And I'm terrible at telling jokes. I always forget the punch line.

That really has been my message over the years: 'Hey, we're all in this together, so let's laugh about it a little, please.' It adds perspective to an argument if you know where you're coming from.

The problem when you're a cartoonist and you go into the voting booth is that you have your choice of two guys - one would be best for your country, and one would be best for your business.

Editorial pages all say, 'Well, the other guy has a point, too. It remains to be seen how this will come out. We certainly hope it comes out fine; blah, blah.' Cartoonists don't go that way. Our job is to stick out our tongues, to show a big raspberry to whatever pompous jerk happens to be mouthing off.