There are no cartoons about happy marriages.

- Robert Mankoff

I'm very fond of the strictly visual cartoons I did when I was breaking in in the 1970's. Over time I migrated to a more verbal approach.

- Robert Mankoff

The generations that were exposed to sitcom have the people actually saying the line, saying the joke, whereas sort of before that you have much mor…

- Robert Mankoff

Humor is basically a cognitive process. And it's a creative process not only on the part of the cartoonist but on the part of the viewer.

- Robert Mankoff

A lot of what the Internet is showing is that talent is more disperse than gatekeepers such as myself...

- Robert Mankoff

If you have any problems at all, don't hesitate to shut up.

- Robert Mankoff

When you look back at the older cartoons, they're very much more observational cartoons. And the cartoon, the people in the cartoons are not making t…

- Robert Mankoff

Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had.

- Robert Mankoff

Humor of all types is notoriously subjective. That's true not only between different people but even within an individual at different times. This su…

- Robert Mankoff