I was such a shy, quiet person - Liza Donnelly

I wanted to be a political cartoonist. I'm a quiet person, so at the time I thought, well, I don't think I can be a political cartoonist because I don't have strong enough opinions. People I really admired, like Herblock and The Washington Post and Garry Trudeau, they're really hard-hitting cartoons - Liza Donnelly

But The New Yorker has always had political cartoons. And so I saw The New Yorker as a teenager, and I thought, well, maybe I could be there. And, luckily, they bought my work right after college. Liza Donnelly

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