Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not have been possible.
AL JAFFEEWhen 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.
More Al Jaffee Quotes
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if you watch him closely, his mouth is gonna curl to the expression that he’s drawing.
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I guess if people all followed the basic principles of their own religions, they would love everybody instead of hating half the world.
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I don’t have anything against organized religions, except when they engender hatred for other religions.
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Kept me in a constant state of anxiety as to whether I am going to be able to meet my financial obligations.
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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.
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Almost every cartoonist, when he’s sitting down to draw a funny face.
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And also the insecurity that my life engendered, especially as a freelance cartoonist.
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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.
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When I had independence, it was a constant battle within me to figure out when am I on my own.
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A lot of that we see today, where the Muslims are against the Christians and the Christians are against Jews and the Jews are against Arabs – I mean, it just it goes on and on and on.
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