Any working cartoonist will tell you this, anybody who's working in a creative field: at some point, it's a job. You have deadlines. I think, for over a year, I refused to make them for publications, because I only wanted… — David Rees Copy Share Image
To me, if you're lucky enough to make stuff that people will pay money for, do a good job. Really do a good job. Especially if you're talking about real stuff, like terror atrocities and human rights abuses and pencil-sharpening… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are. — David Rees Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
