Joe Sacco Quotes
"Of course, I'm drawn to a place like Iraq because It's the biggest story of our generation."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: Iraq)
"I'm not a good tourist, I don't like tourism."
- Joe Sacco
"It became clear to me that I had to push it toward a more representational way of drawing."
- Joe Sacco
"It's a visual world and people respond to visuals."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: People, World)
"Robert Crumb is an influence on how I draw, but not on the subject matter I take or my approach. One thing I do like about Crumb is that he's chronicled his age, his times, and I think that is what artists should do."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: Age, Artists, Influence)
"There's probably one more story about Bosnia that I'd like to do, because I spent a fair amount of time on the Serb side of the lines, which isn't apparent in the other books."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: Time, Books)
"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."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: People, Facts, Self)
"I'd much rather hang out in a cafe. That's where things are really happening."
- Joe Sacco
"With comics you can put interesting and solid information in a format that's pretty palatable."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: Information, Pretty)
"My guide had a copy of Palestine on my last trip to Gaza. He'd bring it out and show people what I was trying to do. That usually went over pretty well."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: People, Palestine, Pretty, Trying)
"When I went to Bosnia, I was there to tell someone else's story and I was more methodical."
- Joe Sacco
"I don't like just traveling in for a short time. I've done that before, because sometimes you work for magazines and they have a budget, and if you're working for them, they want something by a certain time."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: Time, Work, Traveling, Want)
"I will interview bigwigs if I get the chance, but you are seldom surprised by people in power - you've got to get awfully damn close to get anything new."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: Power, People, Chance, Will)
"And, in some ways I like traveling, in other ways I'm sort of fed up by the whole notion."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: Traveling)
"I don't often go to a place just to check out all the cultural sites of a city."
- Joe Sacco
"Oh, it's essential. I mean, you have to - if I'm writing about the Middle East, I have to go there, and if possible, stay long enough to get a real feeling for what's going on."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: Feeling, Writing)
"I think any journalist who spends time in a place realizes that there are lots of stories around beyond their primary story. You meet so many interesting people and have all kinds of experiences."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: Time, People)
"I think I'm generally a good listener anyway."
- Joe Sacco
"I tried to draw people more realistically, but the figure I neglected to update was myself."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: People)
"I try to ask visual questions. I'll ask what someone was wearing, if that seems relevant. If possible, I'll walk over the same ground that they're depicting. Of course, I can never get it precisely as it was."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: Questions)
"And I think I find, I know a lot of people around, in different cities, and so it's not - it might sound strange - but it's not that hard to say good-bye, because I know there's other people where I'm going. I can sort of fit in in a lot of places."
- Joe Sacco
(Related: People, Cities, Sound)