Berkeley Breathed

I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also knew that my daughter would be calling me a dork as a default term of endearment eventually. ”

That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly. ”

My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids. ”

Some of us find our lives abridged even before the paperback comes out. ”

Harry Potter' shouldn't be children's first experience with suspense and plot turns. ”

Doonesbury had the requisite and overwhelming influence in 1980, as it did on any college cartoonist who was paying attention, of course. ”

Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's books. ”

I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I'd spent a childhood in a far different place. ”

I drew the last image ever of Opus at midnight while Puccini was playing and I got rather stupid. Thirty years. A bit like saying goodbye to a child - which is ironic because I was never, never sentimental about him as many of his fans were. ”

It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ”