Cathy Guisewite quotes

Mothers, food, love, and career, the four major guilt groups. (Cathy Guisewite)
Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard we've tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, they're probably right. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
Because the majority of my readers are women, I feel that one public service I can provide to them is to spread the message of regular mammograms and early detection within the strip. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
The relationship between Cathy and Mom in the strip is the one relationship drawn from real life that I have proudly never even tried to disguise. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
I'm married, which means that instead of occasionally wondering about men from afar, I actually live with one and can be constantly astounded by the strange male brain. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
I have an office in my house and one about five minutes from my house. I worked solely out of my house for many years, but find, with children, that I have to be in a different ZIP code to think. (Cathy Guisewite)
Imagine my surprise when, after a lifetime of teaching me to keep personal things to myself, Mom insisted my drawings were the start of a comic strip for millions of people to enjoy. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a strip out and sends it to me to make sure I understand her. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
I'd love to see more equal representation of female and male cartoonists on the comics page. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
In 1976 I wrote a lot about women trying to claim the right to work. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
Otherwise, my whole career has just been flinging myself at whatever is most overdue first and letting everything else stack up. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
Animal welfare issues have always been important to me. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
The biggest change in my life is that I now have to apologize for being thin. (Cathy Guisewite)
A lot of married people certainly have wonderful relationships with their dogs, but when you're single and your dog is the only other living thing in your house, it's a really special relationship which I wanted CATHY to have. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
I'm most proud of having created something that men never completely get. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
I'm more financially successful, but it just means the shopping blunders I make are bigger now. View quote
Cathy Guisewite
Cartooning is a wonderful career, and I'd like more women to get to have it. I can't think of any reason why we won't see more syndicated female cartoonists in the future. View quote
Cathy Guisewite

Cathy Guisewite

Cathy Guisewite - Image
Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Cartoonist
Born: September 5, 1950
Quotes count: 30

Related authors

Lynn Johnston - thumbnail
Lynn Johnston  35 
American Cartoonist
Dave Kellett  6 
Cartoonist
Mort Walker - thumbnail
Mort Walker  11 
American Artist
Mel Lazarus  1 
 
Rube Goldberg  14 
American Cartoonist
Stephan Pastis - thumbnail
Stephan Pastis  43 
American Cartoonist
Jim Davis - thumbnail
Jim Davis  27 
American Cartoonist
Garry Trudeau - thumbnail
Garry Trudeau  24 
American Cartoonist
Nicole Hollander  102 
Writer
Bill Watterson  184 
American Cartoonist