I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, My Mom Was a Schizophrenic. I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it Id had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured Id like to do that again. – Chester Brown
Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling… Its the attitude thats in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history. – August Wilson
Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques dont match our own beliefs about how we should look. – Martha Beck
I have a “carpe diem” mug and, truthfully, at six in the morning the words do not make me want to seize the day. They make me want to slap a dead poet. – Joanne Sherman