48 Quotes by Joe Sacco

A journalist who says, 'Well, I pissed off both sides--I must be doing something right,' is probably fooling himself and, worse, he may be fooling the reader. Balance should not be a smokescreen for laziness.

The journalist must strive to find out what is going on and tell it, not neuter the truth in the name of equal time.

Americans care more about the rights of animals than about what happens to us!

I chiefly concern myself with those who seldom get a hearing, & I don't feel it is incumbent on me to balance their voices with the well-crafted apologetics of the powerful. The powerful are generally excellently served by the mainstream media or propaganda organs. The powerful should be quoted, yes, but to measure their pronouncements against the truth, not to obscure it.

The people whose work I've admired are people like George Orwell and others like Michael Herr and, of course, some of Hunter S. Thompson's work.

Of course, I'm drawn to a place like Iraq because It's the biggest story of our generation.

My guide had a copy of Palestine on my last trip to Gaza. He'd bring it out and show people what I was trying to do. That usually went over pretty well.

I'd much rather hang out in a cafe. That's where things are really happening.

For me, one advantage of comic journalism is that I can depict the past, which is hard to do if you're a photographer or filmmaker.