Quotes from Ryan North

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. —You (also, Martin Luther King Jr.)

Maybe the best things are those that take the most work, you know? Maybe how you get somewhere can be at least as important as where you're going.

Scientists are often seen as turbonerds, but the philosophical foundations of science are actually those of pure punk-rock anarchy: never respect authority, never take anyone's word on anything, and test all the things you think you know to confirm or deny them for yourself.

Dude, trouble's just an adventure you haven't finished yet!" - Jake the Dog

You might think that people in the business of selling books would be against places where you can read books for free, but here is a secret: libraries are awesome, librarians are even *more* awesome, and both are among the greatest things civilization has given us. *No apologies; it's true.*

Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. —You (also, Nikola Tesla)

Cats are useful for killing vermin (mice, rats) but beyond that provide very little use to humans, except companionship, and even then only according to their capricious whims.

It's hard to get motivated fixing a compile-time syntax error when you can buy a powder that turns a house into a monster.

Chicks, man, am I right? They crazy," you say. "Yes, what IS the deal with over half the human population of the planet? They're definitely all 100% insane," Horatio replies sarcastically.

Algebraic to the limit!

Babylonians used 60 as their base (which remains with us today when we talk about each hour having 60 minutes and each circle having 360 degrees; see Section 4) and

This is a painting that is at best one-third "I love religion so I'm gonna paint my favorite religious figures enjoying a meal" and at least two-thirds "Bro, my vanishing point is off the hook, seriously, check out my wall rectangles, you don't even know.

Here is the thing about human teeth: they're the only tissue we've got that doesn't self-regenerate. You cut your skin, it heals, but your teeth just sit there getting covered in plaque (food particles, which are unavoidable if you eat food, which you have to do to live) until they decay. Ridiculous!

It's brought you from the Stone Age, through the Bronze Age, and all the way into the Iron Age, which is pretty good for some weird dirt that you found down by the river.

I see Jughead as being generally this really rational dude, this anchor of sensibility in a world of boy/girl-crazy friends.

I believe good writing can save bad art.

When I graduated, I sort of went from school to being a cartoonist, and I couldn't draw.

I can see people sharing my comics and talking about them, which is very gratifying.

I've always found it funny when people call 'Romeo and Juliet' 'the greatest love story ever told' because - man - it does not work out well for those kids, you know? I'd like to think the greatest love story ever told would at least let them be together for more than a few hours.

It's a lot harder for an author that's unpublished to say, 'Hey, here's a new book.' There's nothing of theirs to read, so you don't know what it's going to be like. Kickstarter is great, but you also have to put your work out there whenever you can so you can build a reputation.

The idea of taking command of your life and doing something that you're not sure if you can do and you're not really sure if you should do it, I think is pretty timeless. We all face those doubts often, if not constantly.

It's good to have hobbies.

I've never written a novel before, and part of the reason I haven't is I was worried about getting 50,000 words into a book and realizing I'd made a mistake on word three that would mean throwing everything out.

I do actually do good work! And it's hard! And I'm worth it!