Art Spiegelman

“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.”

“if they brought you here,They'll put you to work. THEY'RE not readyto kill you YET.”

“Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.”

“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.”

“Sometimes I don't feel like a functioning adult”

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

“I'm not talking about YOUR book now, but look at how many books have already been written about the Holocaust. What's the point? People haven't changed... Maybe they need a newer, bigger Holocaust.”

“Disaster is my muse.”

“Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness."...On the other hand, he SAID it.”