Lynda Barry quotes

If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.

Remember when you were in school and the teacher would put a picture under an overhead projector so you could see it on the wall? God, I loved that. Tellya the truth, I used to look at that beam of light and think it was God.

Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.

I tried to be like the richer kids as much as I could because I wanted to live on their streets, at least hang out on their streets and eat their amazing food and walk barefoot on their shag carpets. I became something of a pest in that way, and in general, other people's parents didn't like me.

My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.

If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time.

The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge.

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