Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco
Joe Saccois a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is best known for his comics journalism, in particular in the books Palestineand Footnotes in Gaza, on Israeli–Palestinian relations; and Safe Area Goraždeand The Fixeron the Bosnian War...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth2 October 1960
comics format information solid
With comics you can put interesting and solid information in a format that's pretty palatable.
became clicked later searching
When I was there, something clicked in my head; I found myself interviewing people, searching out facts and figures. Later on I became much more self-conscious of what I was doing.
self analysis action
It is great to be introspective, self analysis can be useful, but only if it results in action.
want
What is it you want? My reply, I want what I have.
teaching exhausting satisfying
Nothing is quite as satisfying and exhausting as teaching.
dream way excuse
Don't let your excuses stand in the way of achieving your dreams
cherish family-friends vocation
Cherish your health, family, friends, and vocation for none of these things are permanent.
wish action reason
I wish my capacity for reason would always translate into action, but it doesn't.
focus live-in-the-moment moments
Enjoy what you have, live in the moment, focus on things you can change and ignore the rest.
tomorrow lifetime ifs
If not now then when? Oh I can always do it tomorrow. Unfortunately there is no lifetime of tomorrows.
unique validation looks
Look inside, without anyone else's validation understand that you are valuable, talented, unique, and worthy.
world
I meditate not to escape the world but instead to be completely present.
way where-you-are who-you-are
Be happy with who you are, where you are, for this is the way.
admired george hunter michael orwell others people whose work
The people whose work I've admired are people like George Orwell and others like Michael Herr and, of course, some of Hunter S. Thompson's work.