Al Jaffee famous quotes

03-28-2025

Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not have been possible.
-- Al Jaffee

#Book #Dedication #Effort
I guess if people all followed the basic principles of their own religions, they would love everybody instead of hating half the world.
-- Al Jaffee

#Hate #People #Principles
Almost every cartoonist, when he's sitting down to draw a funny face, if you watch him closely, his mouth is gonna curl to the expression that he's drawing. But when I would write a story - I know it's going to sound almost ridiculous and infantile - I would, in a way, start living it.
-- Al Jaffee

#Writing #Expression #Drawing
It doesn't take a brilliant mind to notice that adults are telling you what to do and then they do the opposite. I mean, I can't recall every stupid thing that adults were doing when I was six or seven. Some of it was the religious restrictions, where there were certain things that you were allowed to do and certain things that you weren't allowed to do, and I couldn't make sense of those things.
-- Al Jaffee

#Religious #Stupid #Mean
When I had independence, it was a constant battle within me to figure out when am I on my own. And also the insecurity that my life engendered, especially as a freelance cartoonist, kept me in a constant state of anxiety as to whether I am going to be able to meet my financial obligations.
-- Al Jaffee

#Anxiety #Insecurity #Independence
When you live from freelance check to freelance check, your mind is always on "What's the next piece I'm going to write, or draw, that'll pay this month's rent?" And so going out to play ball with my kids was a low priority.
-- Al Jaffee

#Writing #Kids #Play

To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication]
Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not have been possible.
Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.
In accordance with the terms of the Clarke-Asimov treaty, the second-best science writer dedicates this book to the second-best science-fiction writer. [dedication to Isaac Asimov from Arthur C. Clarke in his book Report on Planet Three]
It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.
Our response has been, 'Well, let's then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.' That hasn't happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.
As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.
My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.
Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.

Al Jaffee famous quotes

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