What's much harder is taking on people in your own community. Jonathan Shapiro More Quotes by Jonathan Shapiro More Quotes From Jonathan Shapiro The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about. Jonathan Shapiro someenjoytalkingpeople I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which I scribble, sketch and draw ideas. Jonathan Shapiro keepsketchbookideas Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment. Jonathan Shapiro cartooningfreemomentgiven There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was great. Jonathan Shapiro hewhogreatteacher I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character. Jonathan Shapiro eyesthinkmoodcharacter We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to torture - physical, mental or otherwise. Jonathan Shapiro expectationwilllawcountry You can't undo a deportation. Jonathan Shapiro undoyoudeportation It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and knock politicians off their pedestals, to look out for hypocrisy, advocate for all sorts of things from social justice to peace. Jonathan Shapiro personlookjusticepeace Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh. Jonathan Shapiro laughgetsomeonebelly On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published. Jonathan Shapiro lookingmedrawingpolice There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises. Jonathan Shapiro newgovernmentpeopleway I am anti-Bush. A lot of what he stands for is the antithesis of what I stand for. Jonathan Shapiro amstandi-amhe Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor. Jonathan Shapiro somethingtargethumorpeople Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit. Jonathan Shapiro firstmepresidentblue I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist, because that could define things like a sense of hypocrisy or a sense of the things one has to be skeptical about. Jonathan Shapiro likethinkpoliticalimportant I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke holes in some of the dialogue and find new ways of seeing things. Jonathan Shapiro findnewthingssee I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals. Jonathan Shapiro eventuallyindividualssawnature Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on! Jonathan Shapiro completei-amcomputersi-can I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them. Jonathan Shapiro cartoonsmethreelucky I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper. Jonathan Shapiro viewtrypoliticalchange
