“As for the reasons behind my retirement, they mostly center around sim...” — Gary Larson Quote

As for the reasons behind my retirement, they mostly center around simple fatigue and a fear that if I continue for many more years my work will begin to suffer, or at the very least ease into the graveyard of mediocre cartoons.

I didn't feel that my identity was caught up in being a cartoonist, and that if it stopped I'd stop.

A long time ago, I became aware that many of us have a tendency to lump nature into simplistic categories, such as what we consider beautiful or ugly, important or unimportant. As human a thing as that is to do, I think it often leads us to misunderstand the respective roles of life forms and their interconnectedness.

I've always thought the word cow was funny. And cows are sort of tragic figures. Cows blur the line between tragedy and humor.

I've been able to work with some incredible voice talent, most of whom I grew up hearing in my favorite cartoons.

I like the idea of taking three-dimensional objects and making them two-dimensional so that they look like cartoons.

I liked the girly cartoons. I was very much a girly-girl.

I have a fascination for cartoons. No matter how many times 'Tom and Jerry' fall, you never complain, and watch it again.

Around 2000, I was working on cartoons like 'PB&J Otter' and 'Doug.'