Mort Walker Quotes

You think back through history, and 40 was an old age at one time. You didn't live past 40. Sixty Ã¢â‚¬â€ forget it. Here I am at 80, and I feel alert and energetic. Why would I retire? - Mort Walker

You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper. - Mort Walker

When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were hurting their disciplinary efforts to get the guys back to routine. - Mort Walker

When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions. - Mort Walker

They gave us free land and said they would help us raise money. - Mort Walker

The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived. - Mort Walker

Some people will do schlock or anything, just to get their name on it. - Mort Walker

My wife would sometimes say, 'Why don't you give up,' ... But I'm not a giving-up kind of person. Once you start something like this, you can't just walk away. - Mort Walker

Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.. - Mort Walker

It's just such a part of your life. You take a breath of Blondie every morning. - Mort Walker

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