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Robert Mankoff Quotes

One of the first comic things you do is imitate Picture Quote #1

I’m really interested in the link between creativity and humor because humor is a type of creativity, and I do think that humorous people and humorous health helps creativity Picture Quote #1

I think funny is just the foundation. I don’t really think, to some extent, funny is the absolute most important thing. It should also communicate some idea through the medium of cartooning. Just to be funny is... You know what, the things that you laugh hardest at aren’t cartoons Picture Quote #1

There’s public humor, and there’s private humor, and they’re all appropriate in their own way, and you shouldn’t - just as you wouldn’t have a megaphone and say certain things that you would say around your friends - things that are perfectly all right within your close social group with whom you share a certain context Picture Quote #1

Cartoonists create so many cartoons on any given topic that we can follow the life cycle of a comic idea and how it evolves over time more quickly than we can with a form like the novel Picture Quote #1

The most offensive thing that ever occurred in ‘The New Yorker’ would be, like, the mildest thing at a Chris Rock concert Picture Quote #1

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Professional humorists and cartoonists have to go through a stage in which they have to kill their own internal editor just so they can get stuff out. So whether they believe it or not, they need me on the other end to do that editing for them Picture Quote #1

The line between humor and bad taste is your audience, in which some people will find everything offensive, and some people will find nothing offensive, but the truth is that most humor originates in what would be called bad taste Picture Quote #1

Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had Picture Quote #1

I do find that humor helps in relationships. It certainly helps in my marriage now because I’m a very, very fallible person. And if I wasn’t funny I’d be kicked right out the door Picture Quote #1

I’m making fun of myself and I think I’m making fun of all men in our desperate, desperate attempt to understand the people we’re with and hopefully through humor have them understand us Picture Quote #1

I have been married three times and it just keeps better and better, but I’m going to stop here Picture Quote #1

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Humor is basically a cognitive process. And it’s a creative process not only on the part of the cartoonist but on the part of the viewer Picture Quote #1

None of the cartoons that I ever did are basically, if they’re about sex, they’re about sex in sort of this, you know, this ironic way, or the way that people actually treat it Picture Quote #1

The generations that were exposed to sitcom have the people actually saying the line, saying the joke, whereas sort of before that, you have much more observational humor Picture Quote #1

When you look back at the older cartoons, they’re very much more observational cartoons. And the cartoon - the people in the cartoons are not making the joke Picture Quote #1

I have a cartoon where the guy is pretty much, he’s a regular-sized guy, but he’s the size of the island. He’s saying no man is an island, but I come pretty damn close Picture Quote #1

There is humor that’s just whimsy, that we smile at, but the humor that we laugh at, someone has to be - someone’s dignity has to be reduced Picture Quote #1

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A lot of what the Internet is showing is that talent is more disperse than gatekeepers such as myself Picture Quote #1

Cartoons, often, that you do for the New Yorker don’t appear for months afterwards, and the record for that is a cartoon that was bought by James Stevenson in 1987 and didn’t appear until 2000 Picture Quote #1

There are no cartoons about happy marriages Picture Quote #1

Each cartoon needs the right amount of wrong Picture Quote #1

If you have any problems at all, don’t hesitate to shut up Picture Quote #1

It’s not the ink, it’s the think Picture Quote #1

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Cartoons are like fruit flies. Biologists use fruit flies because their large chromosomes and short life cycle make them ideal for studying hereditary changes Picture Quote #1

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One of the first comic things you do is imitate (Robert Mankoff Quotes) I’m really interested in the link between creativity and humor because humor is a type of creativity, and I do think that humorous people and humorous health helps creativity (Robert Mankoff Quotes) I think funny is just the foundation. I don’t really think, to some extent, funny is the absolute most important thing. It should also communicate some idea through the medium of cartooning. Just to be funny is... You know what, the things that you laugh hardest at aren’t cartoons. (Robert Mankoff Quotes) There’s public humor, and there’s private humor, and they’re all appropriate in their own way, and you shouldn’t - just as you wouldn’t have a megaphone and say certain things that you would say around your friends - things that are perfectly all right within your close social group with whom you share a certain context. (Robert Mankoff Quotes) Cartoonists create so many cartoons on any given topic that we can follow the life cycle of a comic idea and how it evolves over time more quickly than we can with a form like the novel. (Robert Mankoff Quotes) The most offensive thing that ever occurred in ‘The New Yorker’ would be, like, the mildest thing at a Chris Rock concert. (Robert Mankoff Quotes) Professional humorists and cartoonists have to go through a stage in which they have to kill their own internal editor just so they can get stuff out. So whether they believe it or not, they need me on the other end to do that editing for them. (Robert Mankoff Quotes) The line between humor and bad taste is your audience, in which some people will find everything offensive, and some people will find nothing offensive, but the truth is that most humor originates in what would be called bad taste. (Robert Mankoff Quotes) Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had (Robert Mankoff Quotes) I do find that humor helps in relationships. It certainly helps in my marriage now because I’m a very, very fallible person. And if I wasn’t funny I’d be kicked right out the door (Robert Mankoff Quotes) I’m making fun of myself and I think I’m making fun of all men in our desperate, desperate attempt to understand the people we’re with and hopefully through humor have them understand us (Robert Mankoff Quotes) I have been married three times and it just keeps better and better, but I’m going to stop here (Robert Mankoff Quotes) Humor is basically a cognitive process. And it’s a creative process not only on the part of the cartoonist but on the part of the viewer (Robert Mankoff Quotes) None of the cartoons that I ever did are basically, if they’re about sex, they’re about sex in sort of this, you know, this ironic way, or the way that people actually treat it (Robert Mankoff Quotes) The generations that were exposed to sitcom have the people actually saying the line, saying the joke, whereas sort of before that, you have much more observational humor (Robert Mankoff Quotes) When you look back at the older cartoons, they’re very much more observational cartoons. And the cartoon - the people in the cartoons are not making the joke (Robert Mankoff Quotes) I have a cartoon where the guy is pretty much, he’s a regular-sized guy, but he’s the size of the island. He’s saying no man is an island, but I come pretty damn close (Robert Mankoff Quotes) There is humor that’s just whimsy, that we smile at, but the humor that we laugh at, someone has to be - someone’s dignity has to be reduced (Robert Mankoff Quotes) A lot of what the Internet is showing is that talent is more disperse than gatekeepers such as myself (Robert Mankoff Quotes) Cartoons, often, that you do for the New Yorker don’t appear for months afterwards, and the record for that is a cartoon that was bought by James Stevenson in 1987 and didn’t appear until 2000 (Robert Mankoff Quotes) There are no cartoons about happy marriages (Robert Mankoff Quotes) Each cartoon needs the right amount of wrong (Robert Mankoff Quotes) If you have any problems at all, don’t hesitate to shut up (Robert Mankoff Quotes) It’s not the ink, it’s the think (Robert Mankoff Quotes) Cartoons are like fruit flies. Biologists use fruit flies because their large chromosomes and short life cycle make them ideal for studying hereditary changes (Robert Mankoff Quotes)