Garry Trudeau
Garry Trudeau
Garretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeauis an American cartoonist, best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury comic strip. Trudeau is also the creator and executive producer of the Amazon Studios political comedy series Alpha House...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth21 July 1948
CountryUnited States of America
doctors decision want
Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?
political dumb information
Anyone dumb enough to get his political information from a comic strip deserves what he gets at the polls.
money suffering poor
The poor are the only ones who suffer. And they're used to it.
absolutism world speech
Not only was one cartoonist gunned down, but riots erupted around the world, resulting in the deaths of scores. No one could say toward what positive social end, yet free speech absolutists were unchastened.
skills underwear happens
I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
pain frustration goal
Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
moving humor responsibility
Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.
life-is-like bathroom get-up
Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.
day-well-spent passing monitoring
I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent.
self-esteem character sides
Isn't it possible that self-esteem isn't causal at all, but simply the happy side effect of a sturdy character, itself the product of unambiguous moral education?
editors expectations trying
I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.
moving kind natural
When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you.
nice military moving
The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
perspective tiny pieces
I'm a pointillist, just working my tiny little piece of the canvas. I'm not so good at perspective.