American Quotes

In life it wasn't what you know, but who you know. I had people who were trying to buy teams and had they bought the teams, I would have gotten to coach because they wanted me to coach. But the people who have the teams hire their friends.

People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Because how do you form an opinion about somebody if you've never met them or spent any time with them? So it's all based upon hearsay or things that they've read.

When you know more, you can do more.

This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

My greatest work comes in the community.

I like boxing.

I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going.

Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?

In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.

I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.

I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist.

I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer.

I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all.

I remember my comic strips being called 'new wave.' It bugged me.

I look crazy. I know I do. Been true since I was a kid!

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.

I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.

I go to work the minute I open my eyes.

I found myself compelled - like this weird, shameful compulsion - to draw cute animals.

I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth.

I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky.

Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed.

For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness.

Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word.

If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately.

I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.

I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking.