I think maybe to survive, I mean to just get through the day - I'm not saying that everything is hilariously funny.
Roz ChastEven under the best of circumstances - in twenty-first century America at least - caring for elderly parents ain't no place for sissies.
Roz ChastYou could pray all you want that you have a massive stroke while you're working and die, but possibly that won't happen, and you'll be in this bed, and somebody's going to have to clean you up.
Roz ChastI had the impression in art school that cartooning was thought of as a lesser art than painting because cartoons are reproduced, so the "work" is not the single thing like a painting, but instead is the reproduced image.
Roz Chast