Quotes from Cathy Guisewite

I love comics, and I can't imagine life without them. I love newspaper comics.

Men date. Women have relationships.

Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future.

In 1976 I wrote a lot about women trying to claim the right to work.

I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married in real life. So both are shocks to me.

I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get married.

Generally, I liked feeling able to connect with millions of women on a very deep level. It felt special that women especially would cut out my strip and place it on a refrigerator.

I wasn't intending to create a comic strip to begin with. So I think I wasn't aware that when the strip started, there had never been a woman's voice quite like this in the newspaper.

The best strips are the most honest. That's just the truth of it.

What happened to the good old days of "Woman as passive recipient?" What happened to being courted? What happened to sitting back under a parasol and granting someone a chance to try to win us over?

Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got.

I was going to sip on a diet soda, but a little voice convinced me I needed the extra calcium from a cup of hot chocolate.

When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.