143 Quotes by Lynda Barry

are memories pictures or the secret doorway?

No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.

'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't.

If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.If you say "No! I don't want it right now," that's when you'll get it for sure. Love will make a way out of no way. Love is an exploding cigar which we willingly smoke.

When an attractive but ALOOF ("cool") man comes along, there are some of us who offer to shine his shoes with our underpants. There are thousands of scientific concepts as to why this is so, and yes, yes, it's very sick but none of this helps.

We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality. We create it to be able to stay.

Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.'

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.

Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.