If you put me in ‘South Park,’ that audience is going to fall asleep in five minutes. Stephan Pastis Read Quote
Basically, I learned to read by reading ‘Peanuts,’ just wanting to know what they were saying. I was 4 or 5 or whatever. I think it’s a fairly common story. Stephan Pastis Read Quote
I guess that compared to other comic strips, I’m edgy. But put me along something like ‘South Park,’ and I’m ‘Captain Kangaroo.’ Stephan Pastis Read Quote
I never feel burdened or overwhelmed by my work. People tell you to find something you love for a career, and I have. That makes me feel very lucky. Stephan Pastis Read Quote
Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It’s darker, more cutting. Stephan Pastis Read Quote
You can’t just count on becoming a syndicated cartoonist. I actually tried to calculate the odds once, and the best I could come up with is a 1-in-36,000 chance. And the odds of getting hit by lightning are 1 in 7,900 – which kind of shows how long those odds are. Stephan Pastis Read Quote
I want a career writing these novels that I can be proud of. And then I want one as a screenwriter. Stephan Pastis Read Quote
Basically, I learned to read by reading ‘Peanuts,’ just wanting to know what they were saying. Stephan Pastis Read Quote
Maybe the bar is low, but most of the strips that are 50, 60, 70 years old that are on their second or third generation of artists, the humor is pretty bland. There are others by people that were raised on ‘Family Guy’ or ‘South Park’ that are edgier. Mine’s not as edgy as those, but it’s edgier than ‘Beetle Bailey.’ Stephan Pastis Read Quote
