Charles M. Schulz Quotes

Charles Monroe Schulz , nicknamed Sparky, was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Peanuts . He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited as a major influence by many later cartoonists, including Jim Davis, Bill Watterson, and Matt Groening.

✵ 26. November 1922 – 12. February 2000
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Famous Charles M. Schulz Quotes

“It seems beyond the comprehension of people that someone can be born to draw comic strips, but I think I was.”

Charles M. Schulz

As quoted in a profile at HarperCollins http://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/author_xml.asp?authorid=8773 <br class="br">Context: It seems beyond the comprehension of people that someone can be born to draw comic strips, but I think I was. My ambition from earliest memory was to produce a daily comic strip.

“I never try to please a certain audience. I think that's disastrous.”

Charles M. Schulz

National Cartoonist Society talk, 1994 http://web.archive.org/web/20070416184458/http://www.planetcartoonist.com/editorial/success_charlesschulz.shtml <br class="br">Context: I never give my work to somebody else and say, &quot;What do you think about that?&quot; I just don&#x27;t trust anybody. If I think it&#x27;s funny, or if I think it&#x27;s silly, I send it in anyway because I&#x27;m just trying to please myself. I never try to please a certain audience. I think that&#x27;s disastrous. There&#x27;s no way in the world you can anticipate what your reader is going to like or dislike.

“Don't worry about the world coming to an end today …… It's already tomorrow in Australia.”

Charles M. Schulz

Came from an online quiz falsely attributed to Schulz http://www.snopes.com/glurge/schulz.asp. However, in the 13 June 1980 Peanuts strip http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1980/06/13, Marcie does say &quot;I promise there&#x27;ll be a tomorrow, sir. In fact, it&#x27;s already tomorrow in Australia.&quot; <br class="br">Misattributed

“I just draw what I think is funny, and I hope other people think it is funny, too.”

Charles M. Schulz

Address to the Sonoma County Press Club as quoted in the Sonoma County Press Democrat (13 February 2000)

“The only thing I really ever wanted to be was a cartoonist. That's my life. Drawing.”

Charles M. Schulz

Address to the Sonoma County Press Club as quoted in the Sonoma County Press Democrat (13 February 2000)

“If I were a better artist, I'd be a painter, and if I were a better writer, I'd write books — but I'm not, so I draw cartoons!”

Charles M. Schulz

1992, as quoted by Tom Tomorrow in his comic strip This Modern World (21 February 2000) http://archive.salon.com/comics/tomo/2000/02/21/tomo/index.html

“A cartoonist is someone who has to draw the same thing day after day without repeating himself.”

Charles M. Schulz Peanuts

You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown! (1985) ISBN 0030056241

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