No one stopped me from playing when I was alone, but there were times when I wasn’t able to, though I wanted to… There were times when nothing played back. Writers call it ‘writer’s block.’ For kids there are other names for that feeling, though kids don’t usually know them. Lynda Barry Read Quote
I believe a kid who is playing is not alone. There is something brought alive during play, and this something, when played with, seems to play back. Lynda Barry Read Quote
Good Times’ is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren’t. Lynda Barry Read Quote
It’s not hard for me to be funny in front of people, but most of that is just horrified nerves taking the form of what makes people laugh, and afterwards I’d always feel dreadfully depressed, kind of self-induced bi-polar disorder. Lynda Barry Read Quote
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. Lynda Barry Read Quote
I found myself compelled – like this weird, shameful compulsion – to draw cute animals. Lynda Barry Read Quote
The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry. Lynda Barry Read Quote
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. Lynda Barry Read Quote
