“I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly … Read More
“It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers don’t pop into mind when one sees one.” Berkeley Breathed
“I’d be a Libertarian, if they weren’t all a bunch of tax-dodging professional whiners.” Berkeley Breathed
“And just as it is with all proper grannies, she ordered me into my pink bunny jammies.” Berkeley Breathed
“It’s not terribly dignified to have anyone seeing one laugh at one’s own material.” Berkeley Breathed
“I could draw Bloom County with my nose and pay my cleaning lady to write it, and I’d bet I wouldn’t lose 10% of my … Read More
“I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I’d spent a childhood in a far different place.” Berkeley Breathed
“My kids hear me behind my door, giggling like an idiot, and they roll their eyes at the blatant indignity of it all.” Berkeley … Read More
“I happen to think nearly everybody – especially those one might find in the odd issue of ‘People’ magazine, including me – is frightfully boring, … Read More
“Liberal, shmiberal. That should be a new word. Shmiberal: one who is assumed liberal, just because he’s a professional whiner in the newspaper. If you’ll … Read More
“Harry Potter’ shouldn’t be children’s first experience with suspense and plot turns.” Berkeley Breathed
“If I could have drawn a cat yelling for lasagna every day for 15 years and have them pay me $30 million to do so, … Read More
“I’ll confess right here that I secretly wish I’d have drawn a strip about a little boy with a fake tiger, going for adventures throughout … Read More
“Cartooning is about deconstruction: you gotta tear something down to make a joke.” Berkeley Breathed
“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 … Read More
“I ignore Hallmark Holidays. And this comes from a guy who has sold a million Opus greeting cards.” Berkeley Breathed
“Irony can elude the genius among us, sometimes.” Berkeley Breathed
“I was never asked to join the Editorial Cartoonists Of America. No fraternity would have me in college, either. I think they know something.” … Read More
“I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a … Read More
“The universe throws us some obvious little pitches sometimes, and we need to be awake enough not to let them slip by.” Berkeley Breathed
