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Aaron McGruder Quotes

born 1974 United States

Aaron Vincent McGruder (born May 29, 1974) is an American writer, cartoonist, and producer best known for creating The Boondocks.

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9 quotes

Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.

I had gotten really good at just shutting it all out because you couldn’t possibly get any work done and track all of this trouble you were getting into and who was saying what.

Interview (2019)

It's a world that accepts people more for who they are, and whoever you are, at this point, you can find your thing.

Interview (2012)

Good satire goes beyond the specific point it's trying to make and teaches you how to think critically.

Interview (2008)

Riley Freeman: “No stealing”? Don’t you always say theft in America is justified because the whole country is stolen land?

Huey Freeman: I'll check the old testament, but I'm pretty sure Moses wasn't packin' heat.

This generation of young people ...music and pop culture has been pretty anti-intellectual. That's a hard thing to overcome.

Interview (2008)

As I grew up I developed an interest in Garry Trudeau, and that's what took me into the direction of being a syndicated cartoonist.

Interview (2012)

I think I'm a better writer now than when I started. I certainly know more about producing and working with actors. You take every single bit of it into the next project.

Interview (2012)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Aaron McGruder (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.