I lose patience with long stories. I get people who go, "Crumb, do some long stories, do a graphic novel." Novel-schmovel.

At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy.

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

When I listen to old music, that's one of the few times that I actually have a kind of love for humanity.

Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

Your vigor for life appalls me.

Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited.

You are what you love, not who loves you.

I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

Artemis: Holly, how did you find me? Holly: Oh, I saw a huge explosion and wondered: now, who could that be?

In a networked world, trust is the most important currency.

Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.

If you are having a tough time today, push past those boundaries, because by challenging your fears today will become the strength you feel tomorrow... DO WHAT YOU FEAR, DON'T FEAR WHAT YOU DO.

I want to create a society that is working for me and with me - and I am working for society, not against it.

To destroy Christianity, we must first destroy the British Empire.

I think no virtue goes with size.