Gary Larson

This was more than just a cow - this was an entire career I was looking at. ”

On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy. ”

Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth. ”

I just get silly inside my head and I start to think about something and in my head I start twisting it around, contorting it and envisioning it in different ways. ”

People get very passionate about saving the whale, but when something like a Florida indigo snake is endangered there are not a lot of people out there holding up placards. ”

I didn't want to go to school for more than four years, and I didn't know what you did with a bachelor's in biology. So I switched over and got my degree in communications. I regret it now. It was one of the most idiotic things I ever did. ”

With my own cartoon, it was just me being goofy by myself, but when it comes to an animated film, you're working with 45 animators and assistant animators. It's a whole different ballgame. ”

I didn't feel that my identity was caught up in being a cartoonist, and that if it stopped I'd stop. ”

I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians. ”

I love parasites! I can't get enough of them. ”