“My works were not - and they still aren't - single panel gags with a p...” — Roz Chast Quote

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 love my parents. I did love them. It's complicated.

I like being able to go grocery shopping and not feel that I'm fighting a thousand people.

I don't like cartoons that take place in Nowhereville. I like cartoons where I know where they're happening.

I think, with my cartoons, the parent-like figures are kind of my own archeypes of parents, and they're taken a little bit from my parents and other people's parents, and parents I have read about, and parents I dreamed about, and parents that I made up.

In television writing, you want to hear what the characters say as opposed to giving them something to say. It's the same with the cartoons.

When people would ask me what do you do, I'd say I make music for cartoons. I could see the compassion in their eyes. I gotta tell you, there was no room for compassion: I was making money hand over fists.

As long as I can recall I've always wanted to make cartoons.

Usually for cartoons, I record them in the mornings from 9 A.M. to noon, then I have the rest of the day to do on camera. It actually gives me time to work on my own projects.

Cartoons have always been an enjoyment to me... a relaxation... I get my ideas from everyday events.