Any working cartoonist will tell you this, anybody who's working in a creative field: at some point, it's a job. You have… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I don't think I would've ever dared dreaming of becoming a professional cartoonist. I wouldn't set myself up for that disappointment. — David Rees Copy Share Image
Nobody could be a professional cartoonist, because you have to do something you don't like to do in order to be a… — David Rees Copy Share Image
I have a really analytical approach to art. And the whole idea that you can't analyze what makes a joke funny...I do not agree… — David Rees Copy Share
The thing that was interesting to me about Relationshapes - as opposed to most of the other cartoons I've ever made - was I… — David Rees Copy Share
I didn't dare to dream of making money. But now of course, I've made many thousands of dollars sharpening pencils. — David Rees Copy Share
I just wanted a really simple, dramatic way so that fans, people who were reading my comic, would be like, "This is something different."… — David Rees Copy Share
Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are. — David Rees Copy Share
I was just worried that someone was gonna think that I had been commissioned by Jamba Juice to make cartoons about Jamba Juice. And… — David Rees Copy Share
I never thought I would make a living as a pencil-sharpener. The first goal was: I don't want to lose money. And then the… — David Rees Copy Share
I don't like when performers rag on their ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend in absentia. If they're not there, it just feels rude... I'm never going… — David Rees Copy Share
People think, "Wow, people in America have so much money, they're sending hundreds of pencils to this guy." I don't think those people realize… — David Rees Copy Share
I would make a comic for Rolling Stone every two weeks, because they're biweekly. And then I would make weekly comics for my weekly… — David Rees Copy Share
The way you make money is to do something you don't like to do. And that's how you know you're a virtuous person. — David Rees Copy Share
I started sharpening pencils at the census and how that was a difficult time in my life because my marriage was ending and I… — David Rees Copy Share
I'm interested in the structure of art and how it works. And the content is also interesting, but I don't want to keep the… — David Rees Copy Share
“And you know what happened next in my dream? Dick Cheney and I said the same thing at the same time: "Well, we had… — David Rees Copy Share
