"I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up." ― Lynda Barry Topic(s): Food More From Lynda Barry "The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry." "It’s one thing to have a relationship, to lay your hands on it, and another to make it continue and last. That’s something I haven’t talked about much in my comic strips, and it’s certainly something I’m interested in." "For horror movies, color is reassuring because, at least in older films, it adds to the fakey-ness." More In Food "Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack."― Todd Tiahrt "From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity."― Padma Lakshmi "As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale – my dreams become the substances of my life."― Samuel Taylor Coleridge