Jim Davis Quotes

Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them.

- Jim Davis

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.

- Jim Davis

We live in a time where we're made to feel guilty about overeating, oversleeping, and not exercising. Garfield not only does all that, but he doesn't apologize for it.

- Jim Davis

Readers have told me that their children have learned to read after years of struggle after starting to read Garfield's comic strip and many people who have moved to the United States have said that they, too, learned English by reading Garfield.

- Jim Davis

I was very happy and honored to create the Professor Garfield Foundation with Ball State to make reading fun.

- Jim Davis

The surprising thing was, it's actually easier working on animation than working on a comic strip, because Garfield is animated in my head.

- Jim Davis

My dream in life is to write the one gag that makes everyone in the world laugh.

- Jim Davis

I was in and out of comas until I was nine and I would lose entire days and weeks. The novelty of being able to really do stuff hasn't worn off - I still feel like I'm making up for lost time.

- Jim Davis

When you're through with your cat, you can't throw it in the trash.

- Jim Davis

I didn't have a whole lot of success getting dates, I was always a bit of a geek.

- Jim Davis

I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition.

- Jim Davis

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.

- Jim Davis

I'm still a farm boy at heart. If I hadn't suffered from asthma as a child, I would be a farmer today.

- Jim Davis

I stop short of being a workaholic.

- Jim Davis

You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of us.

- Jim Davis

I can go everywhere and no one recognises me.

- Jim Davis

Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.

- Jim Davis

Good morning is a contradiction of terms.

- Jim Davis

You have to do something when you're lying in bed. So you play with your mind.

- Jim Davis

Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.

- Jim Davis

It occurred to me that cats were being held back a little bit. I thought, 'I'll give the cat human thoughts and feelings but not be apologetic for it. That would be very catlike.'

- Jim Davis

I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories.

- Jim Davis

The understatement is the English contribution to comedy.

- Jim Davis

Usually I commit to something in my head and then I start drawing.

- Jim Davis

Cats rule the world.

- Jim Davis