Quotes by Gary Larson

I've drawn some things that have fallen very flat.

A lot of people think I'm going to be like someone who's stepped out of one of his own cartoons. And maybe I am. But I sure have a hard time analyzing it.

I never have been able to understand where the humor comes from.

I never sat down and said, you know, what the world needs is a good, sick cartoonist.

I don't think I'd know if I were sitting next to Charles Schulz on an airplane.

The need for an office sort of crept up on me.

You can get away with a lot as long as it has a silly edge to it.

As a kid I used to raise snakes. Obviously, my social life was a bit down at the time. But it took me a while to realise that with an interest like that people are going to think there's something wrong with you.

My first month in syndication, I made about $100. I thought it would be exciting if I ever got up to the level where I could pay my rent.

Morbid humor is very valid, even healthy, as long as you don't do it gratuitously.