Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s. – Ted Rall
Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it’s structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there’s nothing like writing about it right away. – Ted Rall
Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else. – Ted Rall
The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone’s apartment and they don’t know you, but they’ve taped one of your pieces up. – Ted Rall
Conservative humor is frankly harder than liberal humor. You get points for just being liberal. You can get more points if you make fun of your own side sometimes. – Ted Rall
The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country. – Ted Rall
When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression. – Ted Rall
I think Maus I is better than Maus II. The standard here is whether or not it’s as good as a great book of prose literature and by that standard, no, it’s not that great. – Ted Rall
Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else. – Ted Rall
I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I’m doing a parody. – Ted Rall
When I put together a graphic novel, I don’t think about literary prose. I think about storytelling. – Ted Rall
If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel. – Ted Rall
There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair. – Ted Rall
I’m a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are so awful. – Ted Rall
