48 Quotes by Joe Sacco

There's probably one more story about Bosnia that I'd like to do, because I spent a fair amount of time on the Serb side of the lines, which isn't apparent in the other books.

It's a visual world and people respond to visuals.

I tried to draw people more realistically, but the figure I neglected to update was myself.

It's like a film director trying to represent a scene that took place in the 1700s. You reconstruct it to the best of your ability.

Oh, it's essential. I mean, you have to - if I'm writing about the Middle East, I have to go there, and if possible, stay long enough to get a real feeling for what's going on.

I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was.

I'm not a good tourist, I don't like tourism.

I like listening to people, it's not even out of - I'm not like a professional listener or anything like that, but I enjoy people's stories.

In this case I just wanted to be in one place, much like the Gorazde book, I feel it was a better way of doing it, get to know some people well.