Theres something about most phobias where theres a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen.
Roz ChastMy parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it.
Roz ChastI used to love to draw things that made me laugh or made friends laugh. When I was 13 or 14, I started thinking, This is what I like to do more than anything else.
Roz ChastThe fact that cartoons are reproduced doesn't mean anything to me as far as whether they are "real art" or not.
Roz ChastI noticed that I used to go to second hand shops and flea markets and find funny, cute things, but now I go into those stores, and I think, This is dead people's stuff. This is all, like, somebody cleaned out their parents' house, and I don't want any of it. If I didn't want it from my parents, I don't want it from your parents.
Roz Chast