Joe Sacco Quotes

I tried to draw people more realistically, but the figure I neglected to update was myself.
Joe Sacco

Tried, Figure, Draw

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

Hard, Different, Find

And, in some ways I like traveling, in other ways I'm sort of fed up by the whole notion.
Joe Sacco

Whole, Ways, Traveling

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

Work, Time, Done

I don't often go to a place just to check out all the cultural sites of a city.
Joe Sacco

Place, Often, City

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

Time, Place, Around

I think I'm generally a good listener anyway.
Joe Sacco

Good, Anyway, Listener

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

Someone, Try, Same

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

Power, Chance, Close

I'd much rather hang out in a cafe. That's where things are really happening.
Joe Sacco

Rather, Happening, Cafe

I'd rather go to a place and spend a couple of months, get to know it, get to know the people.
Joe Sacco

Place, Rather, Spend

I'm not a good tourist, I don't like tourism.
Joe Sacco

Good, Tourism, Tourist

It became clear to me that I had to push it toward a more representational way of drawing.
Joe Sacco

Clear, Toward, Drawing

It's a visual world and people respond to visuals.
Joe Sacco

Visual, Respond, Visuals

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

Trying, Pretty, Last

Of course, I'm drawn to a place like Iraq because It's the biggest story of our generation.
Joe Sacco

Place, Story, Generation

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

Long, Feeling, Writing

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

Age, Matter, Times

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

Time, Story, Fair

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

Found, Head, Facts

When I went to Bosnia, I was there to tell someone else's story and I was more methodical.
Joe Sacco

Someone, Else, Tell

With comics you can put interesting and solid information in a format that's pretty palatable.
Joe Sacco

Pretty, Put, Solid

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Biography

Type: Journalist

Born: October 2, 1960

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