“Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to wor...” — Garry Trudeau Quote

“Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.”

“In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are.”

“Comic-strip artists generally have very modest ambitions. Day to day, we labor to fit together all these little moving parts - a character or two, a few lines of dialogue, framing, pacing, payoff - but we certainly don't think of them adding up over time to some larger portrait of our times.”

“God is the biggest storyteller, and when we create stories, we connect with him and with each other across cultural, religious and gender boundaries.”

“I completely identify with finding freedom in boundaries. That's why I tend to have more freedom when I write nonfiction over fiction: because I'm running up against actuality and beholden to the truth in a different way.”

“I think trust is the most important thing. If the actors and the director and the crew trust each other and you set up perimeters and boundaries, you give everyone space to do great work.”