There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the …

- Pat Oliphant

We're all idealistic when young.

- Pat Oliphant

Correct me if I'm wrong - the gizmo is connected to the flingflang connected to the watzis, watzis connected to the doo-dad connected to the ding don…

- Pat Oliphant

Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to.

- Pat Oliphant

An outsider's point of view is always handy.

- Pat Oliphant

I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!

- Pat Oliphant

One-newspaper towns are not good because all the surviving newspaper does is print money. They make 25 percent on their money every year, and if they…

- Pat Oliphant

So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become borin…

- Pat Oliphant

I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it.

- Pat Oliphant