List of Gary Larson Quotes

Theme-park Approach To Nature. We Judge Plants And Animals By Whether They're Entertaining To Us. We Gravitate Toward Animals And Plants That Are Big, Dramatic, Beautiful And At Eye-level.

Cartooning Was A Good Fit For Me. And Yet Now, Years Later, I Almost Never Think About It.

On Career Day In High School, You Don't Walk Around Looking For The Cartoon Guy.

I Thought Some Of My Earlier Cartoons Were Not Exactly Great Shakes At The Time I Drew Them. Now I See A Certain Innocence In Them. The Humor Has A Kind Of Purity To It, I Guess. And It Works Better On Some Level For Me Now.

I Don't Read Cartoons Because I Think For The Most Part The Comics Don't Have An Interest For Me. There's Just Nothing There These Days That Makes Me Want To Go Seek Them Out. I'm Not Trying To Say My Work Wouldn't Have Sparked That Same Reaction From Somebody Else. There's Just Nothing There For Me Personally.

Wait A Minute! This Is Grass! We've Been Eating Grass!

I Think One Thing That's Important To Maintain Is A Sense Of Fear, Always Doubting Yourself... A Good Dose Of Insecurity Helps Your Work In Some Ways.

I've Always Considered Music Stores To Be The Graveyards Of Musicians.

Man Swims In Shark Infested Waters, Forgets He's Shark Food.

I Think It's Vital To Be Honest With Yourself. You Do Have To Satisfy Yourself First. If You're Drawing Something, You Have To Ask Yourself If It's Something You Genuinely Think Is Funny. Or Is It Starting To Fall Into Just A Category, Just Kind Of A Shtick Thing? I Think It's Important For All Cartoonists To Be Honest With Themselves About Their Own Sense Of Humor And What They're Doing.

Usually When I Sat Down To Draw A Cartoon, It Would Be More Of A Reflection Of Things In My Past. Or It Could Be Something I Had Experienced That Morning, Or That Week, Or Something I Might Know That's Part Of My Background.

What Is That Mountain Goat Doing Way Up Here In The Clouds?