Garry Trudeau

“A Pulitzer is a Pulitzer.”

“Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.”

“I'm not a journalist. I'm a comic strip artist. The syndicate calls me a 'commentator' or a 'satirist,' but I've never claimed to be a journalist.”

“My particular focus has always been with the cultural underpinnings of power.”

“We live in a deeply unserious country.”

“It's the artist's job to be a witness to his time in history.”

“I think the whole point of political cartoons is to be irreverent.”

“To be an effective satirist, you have to be just as irresponsible as the people you're satirizing.”

“Satire is a weapon, and it needs to be used.”

“You always have to be on the lookout for the bozos. They have a way of slipping through the cracks.”

“The only reason I'm in chronically good spirits is that I'm completely shameless.”

“Comedy is defiance. It's a refusal to lie down and be trampled upon.”