“I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assi...” — Roz Chast Quote

“I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.”

“When my father died, my mother was still alive. And I think when your second parent dies, there is that shock: 'Oh man, I'm an orphan.' There's also this relief: It's done; it's finished; it's over.”

“My works were not - and they still aren't - single panel gags with a punch line underneath them. I like a lot of those cartoons; I just don't draw them.”

“I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.”

“I used to work at a school as a teacher's assistant, and my mom is a principal at an elementary school. I don't know, I think that's a pretty good life, teaching kids.”

“I worked for a while as a teaching assistant while I was struggling. I really enjoyed it, working with kids with special needs, autism. It takes a hell of a lot of concentration, and you've got to focus on the child properly for seven hours a day.”