Garry Trudeau

The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view. ”

In their heyday, comics were a dominant force in popular culture, but that's over. ”

I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing. ”

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better. ”

Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military. ”

I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent. ”

Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery. ”

I think it's very dangerous for people who do anything that's public to venture on the Web and check out what people are saying about them. Yes, you're bound to find things that will delight you - but you also find things that will make you brood and feel bad about yourself. Why would you intentionally invite that into your life? ”

There's always been some concern that adult subject matter should be quarantined from a page that attracts children. Unlike late at night, when 'South Park' and 'Colbert' are on, impressionable minds are wide awake when the newspaper arrives. ”

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated. ”