--- title: "7 Draws Quotes By Daniel Clowes" description: "7 Draws quotes by Daniel Clowes. Plus more from Daniel Clowes and more Draws sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/daniel-clowes-3835_airplane_though-to-the-average-person-that-you-ll_156010.png" --- > [Though to the average person that you'll meet on an airplane, if you tell them you draw comics, they'll still have sort…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/daniel-clowes-3835_airplane_though-to-the-average-person-that-you-ll_156010.png) > [I think there was a point that I realized I could do what I wanted to do in terms of the drawing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-think-there-was-a-point-that-i-realized-i-could-do-what-i-wanted-to/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/daniel-clowes-3835_artist_i-think-there-was-a-point-that-i-realize_406813.jpg) > [I started drawing at a very young age. Writing a story wasn't satisfying, but to actually draw our own world - it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-started-drawing-at-a-very-young-age-writing-a-story-wasn-t/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/daniel-clowes-3835_age_i-started-drawing-at-a-very-young-age-wr_750620.png) > [I can look at my early work and see what a pained struggle it was to draw what I was drawing. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-can-look-at-my-early-work-and-see-what-a-pained-struggle-it-was-to/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/daniel-clowes-3835_artist_i-can-look-at-my-early-work-and-see-what_1033592.png) > [I knew how to draw all of the different smokestacks on the old trains and all that stuff, and then I realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-knew-how-to-draw-all-of-the-different-smokestacks-on-the-old-trains/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/daniel-clowes-3835_artist_i-knew-how-to-draw-all-of-the-different_1090180.png) > [At a certain point, I realized that I could draw anything, and there was nothing I should avoid - I could make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/at-a-certain-point-i-realized-that-i-could-draw-anything-and-there/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/daniel-clowes-3835_able_at-a-certain-point-i-realized-that-i-cou_2176597.jpg) > [It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/it-s-embarrassing-to-be-involved-in-the-same-business-as-the/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/daniel-clowes-3835_adults_it-s-embarrassing-to-be-involved-in-the_2907432.png) ## Other authors on Draws ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/draws/daniel-clowes/#itemlist", "name": "7 Draws Quotes By Daniel Clowes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 same response - not like that's seeped into the culture at large, that comics are not just for kids.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Clowes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/though-to-the-average-person-that-you-ll-meet-on-an-airplane-if-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/daniel-clowes-3835_airplane_though-to-the-average-person-that-you-ll_156010.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/daniel-clowes-3835_airplane_though-to-the-average-person-that-you-ll_156010.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/daniel-clowes-3835_airplane_though-to-the-average-person-that-you-ll_156010.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Though to the average person that you'll meet on an airplane, if you tell them you draw comics, they'll…” — Daniel Clowes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think there was a point that I realized I could do what I wanted to do in terms of the drawing. 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