Quotes from Chester Brown

That's the thing. in medicine, you're used to saying there's a problem within the person, and saying there's a problem within the culture, that's not a medical answer. Medicine has to look in one direction, so there's only one type of answer that they can find.

I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject, and I almost don't understand why some people don't.

I think people should have the legal right to hurt themselves without fearing that they're going to get locked up for doing so. But on a personal level, if someone I loved was hurting himself or herself in front of me, I would, of course, try to restrain them.

I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again.

Gay rights aren't predicated on being born gay or having the right gene. Gay rights are predicated on having choice and consent. If you're a man and you can find another man that consents to have sex with you, it's the consent that gives you the right to have sex with him. Genetics are irrelevant when it comes to sexual rights. Just as gay rights are based on choice and consent, so are prostitution rights. All sexual rights are based on choice and consent.

Our culture pushes this idea that romantic love is somehow more significant than other forms of love.

I've never done it before—I don't like doing things I've never done before.

Why do you fear touching the earth? Does not the concrete separate you from it enough?

A nice fire inside—surrounded by your loved ones. What could be nicer? You do love me, don't you Chester? It's okay. I know you love us even if you can't say you do. But why can't you say it? Please Chester—tell me you love me. I'm your mother—if you can't love me, who can you love?

Judas. It's none of your business how other people spend their money. Mary bought this expensive nard as an expression of her love. That love will be remembered for thousands of years.

Yes, I know. You don't understand—I love you because of what you did, not despite it.

In his disobedience, your brother is alive. You, in your resentful subservience, are dead. Do you think God wants mindless worshippers who can only follow instructions?

You're spoiled—that's all—just spoiled. Life must be great for you—do nothing and let someone else do everything.

A klienti bývají málokdy násilníci. Možná je víc násilí v bytech zamilovaných dvojic než v t?ch, kde pracují prostitutky.

V??il jsem v romantickou lásku, protože moje kultura mi to vštípila a protože v ni v??ili všichni kolem.

Ale tob? nemoci nevadí, využíváš je jen jako záminku k regulaci prostituce.

Jak ?íkám, romantická láska existovala i d?ív než v 12. století, ale neidealizovala se a p?íb?h Parida a Heleny je skv?lý p?íklad. Láska jim p?inesla jen prchavé št?stí, ale celkov? to byla katastrofa.

Uriah is a good soldier—but a poor husband. He's not interested in spending time in bed with me. He'd rather be with his army friends. If my husband won't satisfy my needs, I have a right to have them satisfied by someone else.

Judas. It's none of your business how other people spend their money.

We're not very accepting of people who act strangely.

We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour. And right now, anybody who slows down our economic productivity, off they go. We have a place for them, the psychiatric institution. That's the main thing, they slow things down.

I have stuff I'm interested in working on, and I'd rather work on what excites me than complete projects from the past that I've grown bored with.

I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject, and I almost don't understand why some people don't.

I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again.