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I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father.

Jules Feiffer

At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing, and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure, and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?

Jules Feiffer

It is not size or age or childishness that separates children from adults. It is "responsibility."

Jules Feiffer

Writing, I explained, was mainly an attempt to out-argue one's past; to present events in such a light that battles lost in life were either won on paper or held to a draw.

Jules Feiffer

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.

Jules Feiffer

Jules Feiffer

Jules Feiffer

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Born: January 26, 1929

Died: January 17, 2025 (aged 95)

Bio: Jules Ralph Feiffer was an award-winning American syndicated cartoonist and author, who was considered the most widely read satirist in the country.

Known for:

Kill My Mother: A Graphic Novel (2014)
Bark, George (1999)
The Great Comic Book Heroes (1965)
Backing Into Forward: A Memoir (2010)
Cousin Joseph: A Graphic Novel (2016)

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