Cathy Quotes

The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.

Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.

I had such a close relationship with my dog, and my dog so filled the need in my life to have children that I just wanted Cathy to have that experience.

All this flying around got on my nerves. But then I gave the script to Cathy to get her opinion. When she started to laugh, it was like 'That's it!'. I went to LA and I got the part.

I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married.

The specifics of Cathy?s and my life are different now, but the basic life challenges are exactly the same.

In fact, I'll be taking a lot of Cathy Gale with me. I expect that was why I was chosen for the part.

Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.

The relationship between Cathy and Mom in the strip is the one relationship drawn from real life that I have proudly never even tried to disguise.

A lot of married people certainly have wonderful relationships with their dogs, but when you're single and your dog is the only other living thing in your house, it's a really special relationship which I wanted CATHY to have.