Jules Feiffer, 90, is a renowned cartoonist whose perceptive wit and readily identifiable drawing and captioning styles made him an American social satire superstar. Feiffer has also been a successful playwright, screenwriter, and book author. Over the years, he’s garnered many accolades and awards, including an Academy Award (1961) and a Pulitzer Prize (1986). In 2004, he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Quotes: “I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn’t poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was culturally deprived. Then they told me deprived was a bad image, that I was underpriviledged. Then they told me underprivileged was overused, that I was disadvantaged. I still don’t have a dime, but I do have a great vocabulary.”
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