Art Spiegelman Quotes

To die, it's easy. But you have to struggle for life.

Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.

Well, I am not 100 percent sure of the definition of polemic, but it wasn't meant to convince anybody of anything.

No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz.

I know this is insane, but i somehow wish i had been in auschwitz with my parents so i could really know what they lived through! I guess it's some kind of guilt about having had an easier life than they did.

In reality, childhood is deep and rich. It's vital, mysterious, and profound. I remember my OWN childhood vividly; I knew terrible things, but I knew I mustn't let the adults *know* I knew... it would scare them.

With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.