I used to use cigarettes to indicate somebody's an outsider a lot. It gave character a seedy, disreputable, almost suicidal quality. Now cigarettes are so unused - - you can't have anybody indoors smoking. If you drew that in a… — 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
