“I will be the biggest, richest, most popular writer in history. You just watch, dead reader. I'll be the biggest whore ever!” — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I'm always hiding the books in my closet, and my art's always turned upside down in my drawer. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I enjoy the opportunity to use swear symbols. The reader reads into them something worse than what you normally would have. They… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Surely comics require more effort on the part of the reader than movies or television. I'm always learning new things you can… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Usually when I put together a book like this Death-Ray hardcover or that Ghost World special edition, then I have to reread… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
My feeling is that it's one of the very few things that comics can do that you really can't do in any… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
As soon as I'm finished with it, it feels like an impersonal project. Like, "Well, I did another book." — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I never know if a book is crazy or not. There's that fear - this is the one that will end it… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I really want people to read the book, and bookstores never sold an issue of Eightball because nobody knew what it was. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I've felt that in the past, where I just felt like I had to keep drawing in the same way to maintain… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
For me, the whole process involves envisioning this Ghost World comic book in my head as I'm working. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie. I say this as someone who would… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Certainly it's great to be able to talk to your friends about something. They might mention a film, and you can find… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I lose faith in everything else, but rarely in my work. If I start to get bored, I change it to make it more… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Surely comics require more effort on the part of the reader than movies or television. I'm always learning new things you can do with… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
You need to be, like, turning down high-paying illustration work because you want to work on your comic. That's when you know you're doing… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Though to the average person that you'll meet on an airplane, if you tell them you draw comics, they'll still have sort of the… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
That'll be my claim to fame: My grandmother-in-law is the oldest iPad user! — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Usually when I put together a book like this Death-Ray hardcover or that Ghost World special edition, then I have to reread it and… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I think that's what we're all most terrified about: that we'll just die and disappear and we'll leave no trace. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
When I go back and reread the stuff, I'm always floored by how deeply personal and revealing it actually is. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
I'd always wanted to do a weekly strip, or a strip that was in installments like that. It's been fun trying to figure out… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
You have to find the tone of the piece and modulate that. There are ways to indicate that - I try to incorporate the… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Often I'll do research just to get a time period correct, but I didn't have to for the '70s... I feel like I can… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
