Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Quote by Alison Bechdel

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That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid,...

That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid,...

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting...

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting...

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually...

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually...

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that...

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that...

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a...

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a...

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know,...

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know,...

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me.

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from...

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from...

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it....

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it....

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because...

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because...

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in...

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu.

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to...

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to...

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older.

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting...

It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting...

I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken...

I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken...

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that...

I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that...

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I'm working on that. I'm giving...

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I'm working on that. I'm giving...

I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.

I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.