Foglio Quotes & Sayings

Agatha was a connoisseur of headaches, and was relieved at the transitory nature of this one. — Phil Foglio

Agatha Clay: "I've never had coffee. Lilith said a young lady shouldn't drink stimulants."
Zeetha: "Drink your coffee like a warrior."
Agatha Clay: "...Yes, Zeetha. — Phil Foglio

Why the hell can't people just write nice happy stories about people having happy sex? That's what I want, and I bet a whole bunch of other people want it too. — Phil Foglio

I find the best things are done for yourself or start as a small project and become a big thing. — Tom Lenk

I didn't really think about becoming a professional artist until high school, when I realized that everything else required too much math. — Phil Foglio

The nose is also the only organ that can see backwards in time. — Terry Pratchett

Tarvek: "You call that 'throwing?'"
Gilgamesh: "Hey, at least I got his hat! — Phil Foglio

As Master Payne escorted her to the waiting coach, a small frown crossed her face. "People keep giving me rings," she confided to him, "But I think a small death ray might be more practical. — Phil Foglio

Klaus Wulfenbach: Was my son upset? Bangladesh DuPree: Oh, him? Yeah! He's all set to be a hero and rescue her
and then he finds out he'd need fireplace tongs to get her undressed? Yeah, upset is the word. — Phil Foglio

One of the characteristics I cherish in my friends is their childlike gullibility, and several excited minutes were spent trying to actually find this book. — Phil Foglio

She's a smart girl, so she doesn't trust you, but she obviously likes you. — Phil Foglio

Any plan where you lose your hat is a bad plan. — Phil Foglio

If we had to go live action, I'd hold out for Tim Burton to direct. — Phil Foglio

I wasn't paraded around for sale at all. My mother wasn't into that. — Martha Plimpton

I've also been busy doing stuff for Steve Jackson Games. — Phil Foglio

We start out talking about the story, trying to figure out who is who and what should happen, taking notes the whole time. Then I do a rough layout of the issue, showing what happens on each page. Then we discuss that some more. — Phil Foglio

No, Klaus, it isn't a game. I am determined to change. I do love him. It should be enough. Besides, they always win. There must be something to their philosophy. --Lucrezia Mongfish: — Phil Foglio

There are no kinder or better people in the world than those who listen to you when you are 18. — P. J. O'Rourke

As it happened, I had a friend who was a good person who liked to present himself as a dreadful one. Using him as a role model, I created the first Buck Godot strip. — Phil Foglio

My only requirement for that first story was that there had to be a fight or an explosion on every page. Naturally, no one wanted to publish it, but I liked the character, did a few stories to keep my hand in. — Phil Foglio

I don't want to be here. I missed my dream world where everything was sunshine and smiles, away from whatever memories snarled on the out skirts of comprehension.
I want to forget ... just for a little longer. — Pepper Winters

You know, there's more to being an evil despot then getting cake whenever you want it."
"If that's what you think, then you're DOING IT WRONG! — Phil Foglio

Now I am in control!" He followed this statement with a burst of laughter that showed the owner had done a fair share of gloating in his time, and had the basics down pat. — Phil Foglio

Marie clasped her hands together and looked vulnerable. Payne flinched. "The only time you don't tell me something is when you think it's dangerous, because being a fragile, sheltered noblewoman, I might faint at the thought of experiencing physical harm like a common person." She sighed, and seemingly from nowhere, produced an enormous cast-iron frying pan easily one hundred centimeters in diameter. "And then," she said sadly, "I have to damage one of the good pans by smacking it against your thick, common skull until you tell me - — Phil Foglio