Reilly Butler/Flickr The following is the text of remarks Garry Trudeau delivered on April 10 at the Long Island University's George Polk Awards ceremony, where he received the George Polk Career Award. My career—I guess I can officially call it that now—was not my idea. When my editor, Jim Andrews, recruited me out during my junior year in college and gave me the job I still hold, it wasn’t clear to me what he was up to.