Quotes from Berkeley Breathed

Oodles of noodles help blue poodles mit der strudel.

Just the usual formality before the chaos begins. Like playing the National Anthem before a Cubs game.

Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world.

My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.

If I could have drawn a cat yelling for lasagna every day for 15 years and have them pay me $30 million to do so, I would have.

He comic page is dying; I didn't want to go with it.

'Harry Potter' shouldn't be children's first experience with suspense and plot turns.

I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion.

I started as a news photographer at the University Of Texas' Daily Texan.

That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly.

Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's books.

I paint digitally now. A pity, in some ways, as the biggest price one pays is that you no longer have a finished piece of physical art to hang on a wall. I miss that terribly.