My works were not – and they still aren’t – single panel gags with a punch line underneath them. I like a lot of those cartoons; I just don’t draw them. Roz Chast Read Quote
It cracks me up to see these ads for TV – for Depends or for glue for your dentures. The people in them look 55 with a hint of gray. Where are the people who are falling apart? We don’t see that. Roz Chast Read Quote
For me, drawing was an outlet. No one in school said, ‘Oh, she can do sports,’ or, ‘She’s pretty,’ but I could draw. Roz Chast Read Quote
I don’t like going into the basement. I’m always afraid that something’s going to blow up. Roz Chast Read Quote
Sometimes, you know – I think, with a lot of things, at the time, everything is extremely upsetting, and then you look back on it, and it actually can be sort of funny. Roz Chast Read Quote
I think, especially with my parents, I wanted to remember who they were. I wanted to remember all of it. I didn’t want to purge myself of it. I wanted to remember it. Roz Chast Read Quote
I’ve had people ask me if it would have been easier to take care of your parents if you had siblings, and I think it’s 50/50. I know people who have siblings, and there is a lot of acrimony because somebody always feels that they are doing more than the other person. Roz Chast Read Quote
It was deeply interesting to observe my mother closely and to draw her. During those last months, she wasn’t speaking much, if at all, and it was a way for me to be with her. It felt very natural. Roz Chast Read Quote