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title: "2 Drawing Comics Quotes By Daniel Clowes"
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> [Alfred Hitchcock talked about planning out his movies so meticulously that when he was actually shooting and editing, it was the most boring thing in the world. But drawing comics isn't like shooting a movie. You can shoot a movie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/alfred-hitchcock-talked-about-planning-out-his-movies-so-meticulously/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c7/daniel-clowes-3835_alfred-hitchcock_alfred-hitchcock-talked-about-planning-o_1391580.jpg)

> [I have a very low tolerance for animation. I'm used to the perfect integrity you get from drawing your own comics. There's something about that that animation always loses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-have-a-very-low-tolerance-for-animation-i-m-used-to-the-perfect/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/daniel-clowes-3835_animation_i-have-a-very-low-tolerance-for-animatio_1589671.png)

## More by Daniel Clowes

> [“This is the Mona Lisa of bad diners.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/this-is-the-mona-lisa-of-bad-diners/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [I lose faith in everything else, but rarely in my work. If I start to get bored, I change it to make it more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-lose-faith-in-everything-else-but-rarely-in-my-work-if-i-start-to/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/surely-comics-require-more-effort-on-the-part-of-the-reader-than/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/you-need-to-be-like-turning-down-high-paying-illustration-work/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/though-to-the-average-person-that-you-ll-meet-on-an-airplane-if-you/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [That'll be my claim to fame: My grandmother-in-law is the oldest iPad user!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/that-ll-be-my-claim-to-fame-my-grandmother-in-law-is-the-oldest-ipad/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/usually-when-i-put-together-a-book-like-this-death-ray-hardcover-or/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [I think that's what we're all most terrified about: that we'll just die and disappear and we'll leave no trace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-think-that-s-what-we-re-all-most-terrified-about-that-we-ll-just/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [When I go back and reread the stuff, I'm always floored by how deeply personal and revealing it actually is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/when-i-go-back-and-reread-the-stuff-i-m-always-floored-by-how-deeply/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-d-always-wanted-to-do-a-weekly-strip-or-a-strip-that-was-in/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [You have to find the tone of the piece and modulate that. There are ways to indicate that - I try to incorporate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/you-have-to-find-the-tone-of-the-piece-and-modulate-that-there-are/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/often-i-ll-do-research-just-to-get-a-time-period-correct-but-i-didn-t/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [My feeling is that it's one of the very few things that comics can do that you really can't do in any other medium.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/my-feeling-is-that-it-s-one-of-the-very-few-things-that-comics-can-do/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [All I can say on the Guilford story - and this comes more from my perspective as a father than an artist - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/all-i-can-say-on-the-guilford-story-and-this-comes-more-from-my/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

> [I think I've had the fantasy of a ray-gun that could erase the world from the time I was a very little kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-think-i-ve-had-the-fantasy-of-a-ray-gun-that-could-erase-the-world/)

[Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/)

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