As Ive gotten older Ive occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize thats also likely a false nostalgia, as I know there was nothing I wanted more during those periods than to not be alone, whatever that means. – Chris Ware
I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic. – Chris Ware
Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way theyre similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional, and the emotion in the music is built in, whereas in jazz a lot of that emotion comes from the way its performed. – Chris Ware
I dont think theres any independent cartoonist whose stuff I dont like or respect in at least some way or another. Were all marginal laborers – were practically medical oddities – so I dont see why we cant all be nice to each other. – Chris Ware
I love my friends and family, but I also love it when they cant find me and I can spend all day reading or walking all alone, in silence, eight thousand miles away from everyone. All alone and unreachable in a foreign country is one my most favorite possible things to be. – Elizabeth Gilbert
In my fifty years of experience and memory, I have seen the most amazing increase in the standard of living of a people ever achieved anywhere in the world. This is why I am so sure that our system of free competition and industrial development is sound and must be preserved. – Charles E. Wilson