The thing I call โmy mindโ seems to be kind of like a landlord that doesnโt really know its tenants.
Lynda BarryIn health we're doing the digestive system. We each got assigned a topic for an oral report. I got the small intestine. I swear to god I hate my life.
Lynda BarryThe library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.
Lynda BarryIf you can stand to wait 24 hours before you decide the fate of what you have written - either good or bad - you're more likely to see that invisible thing that is invisible for the first few days in any new writing. We just can't know what all is in a sentence until there are several sentences to follow it. Pages of writing need more pages in order to be known, chapters need more chapters.
Lynda Barry