Comic Quotes

I have the show because I'm insecure. It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.

Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book.

As you get older you're told to be sensible, but it's important for writing if you're a comic that you're able to still access that childlike thing.

To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films.

I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive.

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.

At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day.

I've always had a soft spot for comic books.

When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening.

Tick is a cartoon character, I don't know if you're familiar with him. This is the third step in his evolution. Comic book to cartoon to, now, live-action.

I was into comic books as a kid.

George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if you'll pardon the expression.

I get up around 7 a.m. That's very early for a stand-up comic. Then I'll have breakfast with my husband, the artist Al Ridenour, take my three dogs for a walk and commence with my work.

It's one thing to have a relationship, to lay your hands on it, and another to make it continue and last. That's something I haven't talked about much in my comic strips, and it's certainly something I'm interested in.

Woody is the guy who made me want to be a comic. I was in heaven and couldn't stop smiling because he was my idle and 29 years after seeing Take the Money and Run, I was working for him.

Oh I'm a huge comic book movie fan.

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

I wrote the original Mike Hammer as a comic, Mike Danger.

Comic timing... is how to have a relationship with the camera and deal with the camera without looking like you are.

I didn't follow the whole 'X-Men' story because it got too complicated. I'd pick up a comic book and have no idea what was going on.

We can't really make a living doing comic books, despite the fact that would be an awfully fun way to make a living.

I still love comic books. When you have a kid, that's an excuse to keep reading all the comic books.

Kafka is still unrecognized. He thought he was a comic writer.

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.

I brought samples in, because I didn't have any comic book samples, and I brought all these illustrations that I had influenced by Norman Rockwell and a couple of the other big boys. That's all I had, that's all I brought.

I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.

I would like to feel that I have a range and that it's not just a matter of being a comic actor or a serious actor, because those are really artificial classifications, I think.

I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from.

I stole comic books from my brother when I was a kid, but I was never like an avid fan. I can't claim to be like a comic book geek.

For English assignments I was constantly coming up with these strange adventure stories... But I actually wanted to be an artist, or maybe work in the comic book industry.