Jhonen Vasquez Quotes

Nothing quite brings out the zest for life in a person like the thought of their impending death.

But now I have a lot of little kids who watched Invader Zim whenever they could find it on television.

I am the rightful heir to the flaming global throne of evil. I WILL TAKE THIS WORLD AS MINE, so if you people could just cooperate it would be very nice.

I never killed anyone. I avoid going over that edge by writing about a guy who has taken a flying leap over it.

Doing something purely for one's own enjoyment is fine, but, I must admit, finding that others enjoy it as well has a certain power over the corners of my mouth.

I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider.

Why does this person who is sitting behind a desk and never watches cartoons is arguing about what cartoons should be like. Its so creepy realizing that this person is a lunatic.

I take little bits and pieces of ideas that I may or may not believe in but I give them to this character and he runs with them. I have fun with however he handles the situation.

I like not being dead. Anything beyond that is just icing on the cake.My undead cake of livingness.

The world would be a much nicer place if people only used guns on themselves.

This is heaven. You can stop praying now.

The beginning is always so fine!! But decay soon follows. A degeneration into the tired old situation. The rot sets in. This way, there is only the beauty of the start!

In certain ways it is incredibly damaging considering the stuff I did before certainly wasn't for kids.

I don't go to things because I want to see violence, I go to things because I want to see them handled well.

After doing Johnny I wanted to just do something, I wouldn't say innocent, but to not have any care in the world. Lots of setups and horrible happenings but its funny.

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

I'm not the guy who wins awards and gets mentioned in magazines.

I could go through a lot of my old emails from when I first started doing comics. Back then the lowest age of fans was like 15 or 16 up to people in their 20's and 30's.

I'm just doing little bits and pieces for other magazines right now.

Children are all criminally insane, and must be destroyed!

I don't like it when people dress up like Zim, because they look like Hulks.

It's a frightening world to be alone in.

I love zombies. I don't know how else to answer that... I have trouble falling asleep, so there are certain scenarios I use in my head to relax. I find sniping zombies very relaxing.

One day I will rule the world with a goat by my side!

I don't want little kids reading my comics.

Ever since I'm done with Zim everyone thinks that I'm going to go back to comics. I've been flooded with emails asking me if I'm working on the new Johnny over and over again.

I don't really get hate mail, which surprises me, but people have better things to do than to write hate mail to somebody who writes a book about hating everything, I guess.

Witty closing remarks have been replaced by massive head trauma and severe hemorrhaging.

Dear Die-ary, today I stuffed some dolls full of dead rats I put in the blender. I'm wondering if, maybe, there really is something wrong with me.

All the power to them but I'm not interested in making yet another show that looks like some other show.

Trust me, I know what self loathing is. But to kill myself? That would put a damper on my search for answers. Not at all productive.

It's cool that people like what I do, but I don't work for the audience.