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Alison Bechdel Quotes

But mostly, it’s a book about my relationship with my father Picture Quote #1

I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times Picture Quote #1

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb’s stuff Picture Quote #1

The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings Picture Quote #1

It’s imprecise and insufficient, defining the homosexual as a person whose gender expression is at odds with his or her sex Picture Quote #1

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it. Especially now that the strip has more different kinds of characters. It’s really not all lesbians any more Picture Quote #1

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And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me Picture Quote #1

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu Picture Quote #1

I don’t know, maybe it’s because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me Picture Quote #1

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that same reason. She couldn’t bear that it wasn’t real. She wanted to live in it Picture Quote #1

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn’t discover him until I was a little older Picture Quote #1

I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I’ve taken it out of the slideshow Picture Quote #1

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Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but I also had access to some old collections, the little paperbacks of the really good stuff Picture Quote #1

If it weren’t for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body Picture Quote #1

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn’t like that, but I read it anyhow Picture Quote #1

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, sparrow’s boyfriend. I love that. Even though I used to say I wanted men to read the strip even though there weren’t any men in it, so they’d be forced to identify with the women Picture Quote #1

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls’ clothing, I couldn’t wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy’s frocks Picture Quote #1

That’s all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven’t figured out yet. and that’s one of the things I’m hoping to dissect and investigate in this memoir project Picture Quote #1

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My father once nearly came to blows with a female dinner guest about whether a particular patch of embroidery was fuchsia or magenta. But the infinite gradations of color in a fine sunset - from salmon to canary to midnight blue - left him wordless Picture Quote #1

I’d been upstaged, demoted from protagonist in my own drama to comic relief in my parents’ tragedy Picture Quote #1

In a narcissistic cathexis, you invest more energy into your ideas about another person than in the actual, objective, external person. So the man who falls in love with beauty is quite different from the man who loves a girl and feels she is beautiful and can see what is beautiful about her Picture Quote #1

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I’m working on that. I’m giving them all little lines under the eyes, trying to sort of make them age gracefully Picture Quote #1

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because it’s about real life. I feel like I’m using a part of my brain that’s been dormant until now Picture Quote #1

The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It’s very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together Picture Quote #1

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I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one’s erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death Picture Quote #1

It’s a hard thing to age a character because you can’t really suddenly give someone gray hair Picture Quote #1

I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one’s erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death Picture Quote #1

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me Picture Quote #1

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid Picture Quote #1

I’m pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history Picture Quote #1

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But mostly, it’s a book about my relationship with my father (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times (Alison Bechdel Quotes) Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb’s stuff (Alison Bechdel Quotes) The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings (Alison Bechdel Quotes) It’s imprecise and insufficient, defining the homosexual as a person whose gender expression is at odds with his or her sex (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it. Especially now that the strip has more different kinds of characters. It’s really not all lesbians any more (Alison Bechdel Quotes) And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me (Alison Bechdel Quotes) But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I don’t know, maybe it’s because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that same reason. She couldn’t bear that it wasn’t real. She wanted to live in it (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I love Jules Feiffer. I didn’t discover him until I was a little older (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I’ve taken it out of the slideshow (Alison Bechdel Quotes) Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but I also had access to some old collections, the little paperbacks of the really good stuff (Alison Bechdel Quotes) If it weren’t for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body (Alison Bechdel Quotes) Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn’t like that, but I read it anyhow (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, sparrow’s boyfriend. I love that. Even though I used to say I wanted men to read the strip even though there weren’t any men in it, so they’d be forced to identify with the women (Alison Bechdel Quotes) Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls’ clothing, I couldn’t wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy’s frocks (Alison Bechdel Quotes) That’s all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven’t figured out yet. and that’s one of the things I’m hoping to dissect and investigate in this memoir project (Alison Bechdel Quotes) My father once nearly came to blows with a female dinner guest about whether a particular patch of embroidery was fuchsia or magenta. But the infinite gradations of color in a fine sunset - from salmon to canary to midnight blue - left him wordless (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I’d been upstaged, demoted from protagonist in my own drama to comic relief in my parents’ tragedy (Alison Bechdel Quotes) In a narcissistic cathexis, you invest more energy into your ideas about another person than in the actual, objective, external person. So the man who falls in love with beauty is quite different from the man who loves a girl and feels she is beautiful and can see what is beautiful about her (Alison Bechdel Quotes) One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I’m working on that. I’m giving them all little lines under the eyes, trying to sort of make them age gracefully. (Alison Bechdel Quotes) Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because it’s about real life. I feel like I’m using a part of my brain that’s been dormant until now. (Alison Bechdel Quotes) The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It’s very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together. (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one’s erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death. (Alison Bechdel Quotes) It’s a hard thing to age a character because you can’t really suddenly give someone gray hair. (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one’s erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death (Alison Bechdel Quotes) For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I never really read superhero stuff as a kid (Alison Bechdel Quotes) I’m pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history (Alison Bechdel Quotes)

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