Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on! Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
I am anti-Bush. A lot of what he stands for is the antithesis of what I stand for. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke holes in some of the dialogue and find new ways of seeing things. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist, because that could define things like a sense of hypocrisy or a sense of the things one has to be skeptical about. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and knock politicians off their pedestals, to look out for hypocrisy, advocate for all sorts of things from social justice to peace. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was great. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to torture - physical, mental or otherwise. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0
You can't undo a deportation. Jonathan Shapiro South African Cartoonist More Jonathan Shapiro Quotes 0