I don't know how I'd be retired. I wake up every day with another idea. Mort Walker More Quotes by Mort Walker More Quotes From Mort Walker Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart. Mort Walker laughterhearthappiness Everything I know, I write about. My only research is what I did. Mort Walker researchknowswriting Life is like a game of chess...there are many moves possible, but each move determines your next move...where you wind up is the sum total of all your past moves...but first you have to make some kind of move. Mort Walker lifepastmoving You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper. Mort Walker kansas-citycitiestrying I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in. Mort Walker stripesdemisestars It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. Mort Walker successmotivationalsports Seven days without laughter makes one weak. Mort Walker happinessinspirationalfunny I say, if you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gold buttons on their red pants and drive cars. Mort Walker carrunningbelieve At one time Tribune Syndicate emptied out their storeroom. They put tables full of original cartoons down in the lobby and said take one if you want one. The comics were simply a burden to them. Mort Walker cartoontableswant When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were hurting their disciplinary efforts to get the guys back to routine. Mort Walker editorshurtwar The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived. Mort Walker two-sidesarmywar When I draw, I rule the world. Mort Walker drawsworld You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion. Mort Walker taughtpassionnice Some people will do schlock or anything, just to get their name on it. Mort Walker namespeople When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions. Mort Walker blackstarssoldier I've always said that what cartoonists do is create friends for readers. Mort Walker createalwaysfriendssaid Old cartoonists never retire, they just erase away. Mort Walker oldneverjusterase Belly buttons were a big battle of mine. Down at the syndicate, they would clip them out with a razor blade. I began putting so many of them in, in the margins and everywhere, that they had a little box down there called 'Beetle Bailey''s Belly-Button Box. The editors finally gave up after I did one strip showing a delivery of navel oranges. Mort Walker minedownbigbattle I like a happy ending. That's what I do all the time. I like to make people feel happy. Mort Walker feelhappytimepeople Most people are sort of against authority. Here's Beetle always challenging authority. I think people relate to it. Mort Walker thinkalwaysauthoritypeople
