Charles M. Schulz

right|thumb|244px|A cartoonist is someone who has to draw the same thing day after day without repeating himself. Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist, the creator of the comic strip Peanuts. See also:PeanutsRace for Your Life, Charlie Brown. Quotes 244px|thumb|right|I just draw what I think is funny, and I hope other people think it is funny, too. It seems beyond the comprehension of people that someone can be born to draw comic strips, but I think I was. My ambition from earliest memory was to produce a daily comic strip. As quoted in a profile at HarperCollins A cartoonist is someone who has to draw the same thing day after day without repeating himself. You Don't Look 35, Charlie Brown! (1985) 0030056241 I never give my work to somebody else and say, "What do you think about that?" I just don't trust anybody. If I think it's funny, or if I think it's silly, I send it in anyway because I'm just trying to please myself. I never try to please a certain audience. I think that's disastrous. There's no way in the world you can anticipate what your reader is going to like or dislike. National Cartoonist Society talk, 1994 If I were a better artist, I'd be a painter, and if I were a better writer, I'd write books — but I'm not, so I draw cartoons! 1992, as quoted by Tom Tomorrow in his comic strip This Modern World (21 February 2000) I just draw what I think is funny, and I hope other people think it is funny, too. Address to the Sonoma County Press Club as quoted in the Sonoma County Press Democrat (13 February 2000) The only thing I really ever wanted to be was a cartoonist. That's my life. Drawing. Address to the Sonoma County Press Club as quoted in the Sonoma County Press Democrat (13 February 2000) Misattributed Don't worry about the world coming to an end today ...... It's already tomorrow in Australia. Came from an online quiz falsely attributed to Schulz. However, in the 13 June 1980 Peanuts strip, Marcie does say "I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir. In fact, it's already tomorrow in Australia." External links Official Peanuts site Obituary at CNN Brief tribute at h2g2 (BBC) Brief biography at HarperCollins Category:Cartoonists from the United States Category:Satirists from the United States Category:Humanists Category:1922 births Category:2000 deaths Category:People from Minneapolis Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners