Roz Chast Quotes
I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there’s any grudges I should start.
I gave up on ever trying to get 'my way.' I barely knew it existed.
My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it.
I used to love to draw things that made me laugh or made friends laugh. When I was 13 or 14, I started thinking, This is what I like to do more than anything else.
The fact that cartoons are reproduced doesn't mean anything to me as far as whether they are "real art" or not.
Theres something about most phobias where theres a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen.
Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate.
I think maybe to survive, I mean to just get through the day - I'm not saying that everything is hilariously funny.
I cannot stand superheroes. I do not understand any of its appeal. It has just bored me to death since I was a little kid.
You could pray all you want that you have a massive stroke while you're working and die, but possibly that won't happen, and you'll be in this bed, and somebody's going to have to clean you up.
Even under the best of circumstances - in twenty-first century America at least - caring for elderly parents ain't no place for sissies.
A friend of mine gave me a very good piece of advice, which is if you don't think your kids are going to want it, don't take it.
I'm sure that my parents' behavior has entered my work, I'm sorry to say. I don't think you need to have a difficult childhood to be funny, but it helps.
I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.