--- title: "15 Kind Quotes By Daniel Clowes" description: "15 Kind quotes by Daniel Clowes. Plus more from Daniel Clowes and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/daniel-clowes-3835_able_at-a-certain-point-i-realized-that-i-cou_2176597.jpg" --- > [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) > [The trouble is the kind of guy I want to go out with doesn't even exist... Like a rugged, chain-smoking, intellectual, adventurer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/the-trouble-is-the-kind-of-guy-i-want-to-go-out-with-doesn-t-even/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/daniel-clowes-3835_adventurer_the-trouble-is-the-kind-of-guy-i-want-to_1223546.jpg) > [I have this certain vision of the way I want my comics to look; this sort of photographic realism, but with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-have-this-certain-vision-of-the-way-i-want-my-comics-to-look-this/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/daniel-clowes-3835_abstraction_i-have-this-certain-vision-of-the-way-i_2096463.jpg) > [You can give some kind of spark of life to a comic that a photograph doesn't really have. A photograph, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/you-can-give-some-kind-of-spark-of-life-to-a-comic-that-a-photograph/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/daniel-clowes-3835_comic_you-can-give-some-kind-of-spark-of-life_2016826.png) > [If I could have somehow been the kind of artist who could crank out two or three issues a year, that's different.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/if-i-could-have-somehow-been-the-kind-of-artist-who-could-crank-out/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/daniel-clowes-3835_art_if-i-could-have-somehow-been-the-kind-of_1261488.png) > [I think politics has an influence on my work now, perhaps more so than when I was a childless young man, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-think-politics-has-an-influence-on-my-work-now-perhaps-more-so-than/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/534/daniel-clowes-3835_influence_i-think-politics-has-an-influence-on-my_746235.jpg) > [Writing screenplays is very freeing from what you can do in comics in a lot of ways. You can change things around.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/writing-screenplays-is-very-freeing-from-what-you-can-do-in-comics-in/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/daniel-clowes-3835_can-do_writing-screenplays-is-very-freeing-from_1734792.png) > [There are certain comics that just seem like they have this perfect balance between dialogue and image that I can't not read.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/there-are-certain-comics-that-just-seem-like-they-have-this-perfect/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/daniel-clowes-3835_balance_there-are-certain-comics-that-just-seem_2383243.jpg) > [Something I always wanted to do, to capture that later half of the '70s. It's like the early half of the '70s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/something-i-always-wanted-to-do-to-capture-that-later-half-of-the-70s/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/daniel-clowes-3835_20th-century_something-i-always-wanted-to-do-to-captu_3065045.jpg) > [I'd always wanted to do a weekly strip, or a strip that was in installments like that. It's been fun trying to…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/daniel-clowes-3835_all-kinds_i-d-always-wanted-to-do-a-weekly-strip-o_276024.jpg) > [I just try to make comics for myself, try to give it some kind of unity throughout. That often involves tiny details.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-just-try-to-make-comics-for-myself-try-to-give-it-some-kind-of/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/daniel-clowes-3835_comic_i-just-try-to-make-comics-for-myself-try_2433520.png) > [I see a lot of possibilities in the age of my characters - between 18 and 21. You have a window of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-see-a-lot-of-possibilities-in-the-age-of-my-characters-between-18/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/daniel-clowes-3835_age_i-see-a-lot-of-possibilities-in-the-age_2445853.png) > [Certainly it's great to be able to talk to your friends about something. They might mention a film, and you can find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/certainly-it-s-great-to-be-able-to-talk-to-your-friends-about/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/daniel-clowes-3835_able_certainly-it-s-great-to-be-able-to-talk_2975517.jpg) > [I've had a real lucky time working in Hollywood. I've talked to other screenwriters, and they're all kind of beaten down and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/i-ve-had-a-real-lucky-time-working-in-hollywood-i-ve-talked-to-other/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd4/daniel-clowes-3835_all-kinds_i-ve-had-a-real-lucky-time-working-in-ho_2372853.jpg) > [It's much more liberating as a artist to feel like you can approach each page and each panel with the way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-clowes/it-s-much-more-liberating-as-a-artist-to-feel-like-you-can-approach/) [Daniel Clowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-clowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/daniel-clowes-3835_approach_it-s-much-more-liberating-as-a-artist-to_2894069.png) ## Other authors on Kind ## 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/kind/daniel-clowes/#itemlist", "name": "15 Kind Quotes By Daniel Clowes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At a certain point, I realized that I could draw anything, and there was nothing I should avoid - I could make it work. 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It's like the early half of the '70s is still the '60s, in that there's still kind of a playfulness and inventiveness in terms of design and the things that were going on in the culture. The second half, it got much more commodified. 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