The thing I call ‘my mind’ seems to be kind of like a landlord that doesn’t really know its tenants. Lynda Barry More Quotes by Lynda Barry More Quotes From Lynda Barry I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do? Lynda Barry hate writing people Race and class are the easiest divisions. It's very stupid Lynda Barry race stupid class Always watch the hands. The hands will tell you everything you need to know. Lynda Barry intuition watches hands Love will make a way out of no way Lynda Barry exploding way I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth. Lynda Barry voice mirrors song I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking. Lynda Barry talking funny hands When you think about it, giving up your real personality is a small price to pay for the richness of living happily ever after with an actual man! Lynda Barry giving-up real men The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad its there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble in the story, your kingdom isnt dead. Lynda Barry knowing real joy You can't know what a book is about until the very end. This is true of a book we're reading or writing. Lynda Barry reading writing book By the 6th grade I stopped doing ordinary things in front of people. It had been ordinary to sing, kids are singing all the time when they are little, but then something happens. It's not that we stop singing. I still sang. I just made sure I was alone when I did it. And I made sure I never did it accidentally. That thing we call 'bursting into song.' I believe this happens to most of us. We are still singing, but secretly and all alone. Lynda Barry song believe kids What is an idea made of? Of future, past and also meanwhile. Lynda Barry made past ideas We don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay. I believe we have always done this, used images to stand and understand what otherwise would be intolerable. Lynda Barry able believe reality The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge. Lynda Barry racist racism tree gospel singing ... is the rawest, sweetest, uninhibited and exquisite sounds a person can make or hear. It isn't music, it's an entire experience you feel and live. A sound to rise you up again. Lynda Barry singing music sound These are very confusing times. For the first time in history a woman is expected to combine: intelligence with a sharp hairdo, a raised consciousness with high heels, and an open, nonsexist relationship with a tan guy who has a great bod. Lynda Barry confusing guy high-heels The histories of vampires and people are not so different, really. How many of us can honestly see our own reflection? Lynda Barry vampire reflection people In health we're doing the digestive system. We each got assigned a topic for an oral report. I got the small intestine. I swear to god I hate my life. Lynda Barry topics swear-to-god hate As I enter the small intestine I get squeezed by muscles. Its dark and the walls look like slimey crushed velvet theres pancreas juice on me help me I am disintigrating. Lynda Barry velvet wall dark People think that whatever I put into strips has happened to me in my life. Lynda Barry happened people thinking It is true that I am a person with black pockets of evil and hatred in my heart. There are underground places inside of me Lynda Barry hatred evil heart
